by Michael Bayne | Aug 25, 2017 | leadership
You realize by now that influence is a precarious thing. What can take years to build can be lost or squandered overnight. It happens every day to leaders, and often they’re the last to see it. So how do you end up losing influence as a leader, without even trying?...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 24, 2017 | community, leadership
For 20 years I worked as a youth minister in churches of all sizes. I’ve worked in churches where my presence constituted 10% of the attendance that day, and I’ve worked in churches where I was one of the thousands. I learned a lot through those experiences. I...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 23, 2017 | leadership
I entered ministry after a long career in the business world. I had significant life and leadership experience, but honestly, some of it was learned through tremendously painful experiences. Not only did I not have the pedigree of most pastors, it was actually...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 22, 2017 | leadership
Johnny Cash has a great song that perfectly sums up my ministry experience in both the good and the bad. I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere, man Crossed the deserts bare, man I’ve breathed the mountain air, man… Johnny Cash and I both...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 21, 2017 | Grace Community Church, Greenville Community Church, leadership
Hello…again! It’s been three years since I have written regularly here on my blog. Three years ago I intentionally took a break from writing. What I experienced in the gap was incredible and beautiful and challenging all at the same time! Let me try to...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 24, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, Parenting
For the past 6 years I have been blogging here at MichaelBayne.Net and it has been such a joy to share what I have been learning in ministry. I blog because I want to share what God is teaching me. This week I wanted to announce that for the next year I am going to...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 10, 2014 | leadership
No leader wants to be a quitter but every leader often thinks about quitting and starting something different. I know leaders think about quitting because I’m a leader and I think about quitting at least one a month. I know there’s a time to walk away and...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 4, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership
We all got problems! We all have challenges that we know are right around the corner in our ministry and many times we avoid them so we can keep getting ready for the next Sunday. Sometimes we feel that if we ignore them for long enough they will figure themselves...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 28, 2014 | leadership
I have been one of the lead pastors here at Grace Community Church for about a year and a half. Honestly it has wrecked my ability to blog because for the past year and a half I have been overwhelmed with everything I am learning. I get to the end of the day and I am...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 20, 2014 | family ministry, Marriage
How can your church build marriages that last? It starts with doing more than a sermon series…develop a plan to invest in marriages! There is not a week that goes by that our staff at Grace Community Church doesn’t hear news of a marriage that is...
