by Jeff Hoglen | Jan 29, 2022 | Leadership, Ministry
“Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” – Matthew 14:22-23, NIV As pastors and leaders, we deal with...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jul 2, 2021 | Leadership, Ministry
Growing up, I often heard of people discussing IQ scores. (IQ = cognitive intelligence) Then I saw a TV show that traced the life of several people with genius-level IQs. Most of the results were not great. In turn, they looked at those who had an average IQ but had...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 21, 2021 | Church Planting, Leadership
Planning to Reproduce Many churches have mission statements that reflect the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. For example: Reach – Teach – Send Empowered by God to reach others for Christ. What we need is more clarity on the sending and reaching....
by Jeff Hoglen | Mar 20, 2021 | Church Renewal / Replanting, Leadership
Dictionary.com defines replanting: “To plant (something) again or in a new place…” With regards to a church replant, a church avoids permanent closure by recognizing it will cease to exist unless conditions are drastically changed to facilitate growth. Here are...
by Jeff Hoglen | Oct 20, 2020 | Church Renewal / Replanting, Leadership, Ministry
Sunday services are filled with information that the pastor/preacher hopes will be life-transforming for the listeners. Sometimes, however, we find ourselves (Pastors) so busy in the day-to-day ministry activities that we aren’t doing what we tell others. More...
by Jeff Hoglen | May 16, 2020 | Leadership, Life to the Full
The words counter-culture may seem odd to many within the church world. I mean, aren’t we supposed to be in “the world” in order to share the gospel? The answer is of course, yes, but remember we are in the world but not of it. Just as a refresher...
