by Michael Bayne | May 20, 2014 | Grace Community Church, leadership
When we launched our church almost 9 years ago we made a critical mistake. We avoided talking about money. Our motives were really good. We had seen the issue of money handled poorly by the churches in our past and we wanted to handle it in a different way. The...
by Michael Bayne | May 14, 2014 | leadership
It’s amazing how hopeful we are when we take on a new leadership challenge. In our excitement for the new opportunity we rarely slow down to evaluate the challenges we will face. Chances are that you were brought on the team and recruited based on potential...
by Michael Bayne | May 9, 2014 | book review, leadership, staff development
This past year was my first year leading from the first chair in our organization at Grace Community Church. I could never have imagined what a joy and what a struggle it would be to lead as one of our lead pastors. Along the journey in the middle of a difficult...
by Michael Bayne | May 1, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry
One of my favorite children’s ministry voices is Craig Jultila and today I had the chance to catch him at The Orange Conference talking about 5 things he wished someone had told him about kid’s ministry. My first role serving in the church was as a...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 30, 2014 | change, leadership, Orange
Most churches are built around investing in churched people. Think about that reality. It’s true and if you have thought about this idea much it can drive you crazy because our mission from Jesus was to help people outside the faith become followers of Jesus. We...
