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 | 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 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 | 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...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 18, 2013 | change, leadership
I have been reading an older book by John Maxwell and in a chapter dealing with criticism he used this quote that kind of shocked my system… Criticism is something you can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. – Aristotle If you...
