by Michael Bayne | Jan 15, 2021 | church planting, leadership
When we planted Greenville Community Church, we launched out of rented space in a movie theatre. We were so thankful for the space when we launched, but our hearts longed for something more permanent in a neighborhood closer to downtown. Over our first year as a...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 8, 2021 | church planting, leadership
If you lead a church, you will have people come, and people go. It’s not talked about often, but it’s a reality of serving in a church at any level. Sometimes you’re thankful that a difficult person has moved on, but more than often, people you love...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 18, 2020 | church planting, leadership
The past few weeks, we have explored the Enneagram and the pastor and the church. This week we want to step back and explore how the enneagram can be a tool to help you move toward emotional health. As a pastor, the lack of emotional health is really easy to see in...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 11, 2020 | church planting, leadership
The enneagram showed up in my pastoral life just at the right time. God used the enneagram to help me understand myself better and expose some emotional and spiritual areas of my life that needed attention. When we planted Greenville Community Church in 2018, we...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 4, 2020 | church planting, leadership
Five years ago, I hit a wall. I had navigated ministry in several high impact churches. I had led through times of deep pain and loss. I had also seen God do incredible things in the churches where I served, but it was difficult to celebrate see the good things in the...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 24, 2020 | leadership, staff development
2020 has made it really difficult to be grateful for many ministry leaders. Most of us are limping into the Thanksgiving holiday. We see round 2 of COVID-19 cases impact our communities and churches. Most of us are really tired. Most of us have experienced painful...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 12, 2020 | church planting, leadership
Church planting and revitalization are hard work. I know it’s hard because I planted a church in 2018 and then one year later worked through the process of merging with another local church and navigating revitalization. Both seasons had different ups and downs....
by Michael Bayne | Nov 6, 2020 | change, leadership
When we sheltered in place here in South Carolina, I could never imagine that now, in November 2020, we would still be dealing with the impact of COVID-19. It’s been a challenge for everyone dealing with the pandemic. We all know someone that has battled the...
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...
