By Jeff Matas W. Edwards Deming was a revered prophetic guru in the manufacturing world. An American academic, he rose to fame after World War II, teaching and preaching quality control. At first, his admonition on the importance of quality control systems was ignored by American companies. After all, who cares about quality when most

By Amanda Daniel  “How is the church doing?” This is a question I receive a lot from friends, family, and fellow ministers. This is the hardest question to answer because I never know to what depth they want an answer. Do they want to know numbers? Money? Leadership potential? Vision accomplishment? Recently, I sat with

Throughout any given year, I have multiple conversations with pastors and church staff members who are weary, burning (or burned) out, and struggling to get through the day. Some of these conversations are prompted by a phone call from a spouse or parishioner because pastors don’t like to admit they are struggling. I’ve had 4-5

By Jeff Matas I first met Al Conner as Carla and I were planning to move to Philadelphia. I had just been accepted to the graduate program at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. Other than the acceptance letter, Carla and I had no idea how we were going to pull this thing off.  Neither of us had ever been

By Carla Mobley Faith Community Church in Huntington has been refocusing on the mission of reaching people for Jesus and discipling them. In partnership with Indiana Ministries, Pastor Micah, along with wife Carla and their family, became pastor in June 2017. Since then, Pastor Micah and Carla have been modeling what it looks like to

By Doug Talley Life is demanding. That feels truer today than ever. I suspect every generation has said that. With each generation, the pace probably quickens, the demands mount, the stresses increase, and the capacity to recharge seems to decrease. Pastors feel this, too – at least as much as others. Maybe more. Pastors do

By Marcia Weller County Line Church of God in Auburn, Indiana launched its first satellite church on October 7, 2018.  Senior Pastor Stuart Kruse cast a vision for a satellite campus in the Garrett community stating, “Church multiplication has been an amazing journey for me.  I went from being a naysayer to one of its

By Jeff Matas As I talk with churches and other employers, I’m hearing that one of the first prospective employee checks they do is scan social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc…  I suppose we could call this the first interview.  People who do not know or use good social media manners often do not make it

By Tom Planck and Israel Munguia The story of the community surrounding Westlake Church on the west side of Indianapolis is familiar to many churches across the state. The culture has vastly changed over the past several years. A once mostly Caucasian community has now shifted to include a large population of African American and