by Michael Bayne | Oct 22, 2020 | change, leadership
I have read lots of articles recently about men and women leaving ministry roles in 2020. Pastoring in 2020 is hard, but pastoring in 2019 was also hard. When I think about it, I could say the same for pastoring over the last 10 years. The journey and process of...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 17, 2020 | change, communication, leadership
COVID-19 was not my first rodeo when it comes to crisis. Over the years, in many different roles, crisis has shown up inside our church in all shapes and sizes. It shows up at the least expected moments, and most of the burden of navigating it falls on whoever is...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 8, 2020 | communication, leadership
How do you write your messages? It’s something every communicator wants to know of other communicators and very seldom have the chance to ask. I have been so blessed to be mentored by some really great communicators. (Thanks Daryl Craft, Ron Edmondson, Eric...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 25, 2020 | change, leadership
We live in a day when many pastors and church leaders are walking away from the church. 2020 has ushered in challenges that many leaders find overwhelming and unprepared to walk through. Many pastors were already emotionally and spiritually drained before the pandemic...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 18, 2020 | church planting, communication, community, Greenville Community Church, leadership
The online experience, and the demand for it, is not going away after we move through the COVID-19 pandemic. Many smaller churches shifted to an online gathering when they could not meet in-person. In our context, we have decided that we will keep our online...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 11, 2020 | change, environment, Greenville Community Church, leadership
When we launched Greenville Community Church in 2017, we decided immediately that our online experience would be limited to our weekly podcast. March 16, 2020, we found out that because of COVID-19, we would not be able to gather in-person, and we quickly shifted to...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 3, 2020 | change, church planting, Greenville Community Church, leadership
In early March 2020, I was at a large conference in Orlando with thousands of other pastors learning, resting, and dreaming, and little did I know that would be the last time in 2020 I gathered with thousands of people in one room. We heard whispers of this thing...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 28, 2020 | church planting, Greenville Community Church, leadership
I remember when I quit writing like it was yesterday. It was 2013, I was sitting in my office, and I realized for the first time in my ministry life if I wrote anything it would be from a frustrated, unhealthy, tired, and fearful place. I couldn’t tell anyone,...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 20, 2018 | church planting, Greenville Community Church, leadership, volunteers
In May of 2018 our church plant was only 5 months old and we were staring down the dread of all pastors…summer. I have yet to meet a pastor that looks forward to summer. It’s difficult for so many reasons. Attendance is a weekly roller coaster. Giving...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 20, 2018 | church planting, Greenville Community Church
June 15, 2018 marked one year since our family moved to Greenville, SC to start the journey of planting Greenville Community Church. One year ago we left friends, family, a church, and a city we loved to pour our lives into a new people, a new city, and a new church...
