Ask three people on your staff what the team is focused on this quarter. If you get three different answers, you already know why everything feels busy and slow at the same time. Ministry never runs out of good things to do. That is the trap. Good options pile up until the calendar is full, […] Source by ChurchTechToday.com | Resources for today’s church pastor and church tech teams Read More
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