Top 16 Blogs I'm Excited To Read In 2016

06 Jan Top 16 Blogs I’m Excited To Read In 2016

Posted at 18:10h in blog by Ministry Library

There is no shortage of content out there and I need a way to sift through it all.

I use feedly to keep up with all the blogs I read but it’s getting a little cluttered.

These are the blogs that I have made a priority to read in 2016 (in no particular order).

Car ey Nieuwhof

Hard to pronounce last name but easy and fun to read posts!

This might be the one blog I am most excited to see in my feed!

Here are 2 recent articles that highlight some of his most read posts:

12 Often Overlooked Practices Great Leaders Develop That Poor Leaders Don’t

10 Top Insights from The Top 10 Blog Posts of The Year

Brian Dodd

Brian does a great job of taking leadership ideas and insights for the real world.

He has a whole series of leadership principles from movies- come on, that’s cool!

19 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Jurassic World

He also does a great job of pulling leadership quotes from all the conferences he goes to.

Live Blog From Orange Conference ’15: 30 Leadership Quotes From Andy Stanley

Michael Lukaszewski

Again with the last names! He was a pastor, still speaks at churches regularly and started Church Fuel.

As a pastor and a guy running a startup, I appreciate his variety and openness.

Three Lessons from the First Year of a Startup

Dan Reiland

One of the best books I read last year was Amplified Leadership. We even did a leadership video and staff workshop based off the book.

Dan is the executive pastor at 12Stone Church and posts about twice a week. I love that he focuses on developing other leaders.

Here are his top posts from 2015.

Mac Lake

I don’t think Mac sleeps. I think he stays awake for weeks at a time and just thinks about how to develop leaders and we reap all the benefits!

I first met Mac at a leadership training retreat hosted at Chick-fil-a HQ. Their cafe is one giant FREE restaurant! Yes, it was as amazing as you think it would be.

Mac led our church through creating a scalable, reproducible leadership development pipeline. That was 4 years ago and we still talk about that experience.

His blog is packed full of leadership development processes, strategies and insights.

He also uses Periscope like a boss! So follow him!

Here is one of his most recent posts.

6 QUESTIONS SENIOR LEADERS NEED TO ASK ABOUT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Perry Noble

I love how real and raw Perry’s posts and podcasts are.

I am also pretty pumped about his new book coming out: The Most Excellent Way To Lead

Here is a podcast I loved so much I’ve listened to it twice! Building Great Teams

Vanderbloemen

Maybe a trend for becoming a great blog is having a crazy name.

This is the blog from Vanderbloemen search group. Thier blog focuses on pastoral leadership and church staffing.

I follow them on Facebook and click on just about everything I see from them!

Here a recent example of their great content.

6 Ways For Church Leaders To Become Effective Delegators

Senior Pastor Central

Um.. Whoa! I was floored by the massive value Brian Jones offers in his blog.

It might be one of the best senior-pastor-only blogs I’ve read.

He has tons of great insight. Plus, he gives away some resources he’s created for his church!

Here’s a few of my favorite recent posts.

How Churches Actually Grow

7 Must-Do Items For Your Church Growth Calendar

How Time With Another Church’s Staff Ahead Of Your Growth Stage Can Save Your Soul

8 Things To Keep In Mind When Budgeting

Tony Morgan Live

You know that amazing Chick-fil-a leadership thing I was just talking about? Tony Morgan was actually the one hosting it and I have been following his blog ever since.

He might be one of the most consistently high quality sources for church leaders I been following over the last 5 years.

Here are just a few of his recent posts.

Smart Churches Staff Around Their Growth Engines

Sermon Series Planning Is Not Strategic Planning

4 Reasons You Struggled To Get Enough Volunteers for Christmas

Multi-site Solutions

This is the blog from Jim Tomberlin. I found him because of a leadership video we did based on his book Church Locality.

We also had one of his multi-site consultants, Russ Barksdale, come out for a 2 day consult as we navigate through going multi-site!

Here’s a great post for any church thinking about going multi-site.

5 Traits of a Great Campus Pastor

Unseminary

“Stuff you wish they taught in seminary.”

Amen!

I think Bible College and Seminary make guys really good doers of ministry but not much (if anything) is taught in regards to leadership development or management.

One thing I love about this community is the Facebook group.

Here’s one of the best posts I’ve read recently.

3 Done-For-You “Wow! Weekends” to Help Your Church Grow

Charles Stone

I love the idea of this blog – “NeuroMinistry… Leveraging Brain-Based Insights for Kingdom Impact.”

I just recently discovered this blog but it’s already become one of my favorites.

12 Questions your Leaders Wish You’d Ask Them

Brad Lomenick

Again this is one that I just recently started following. I started because of his amazing new book H3 Leadership.

The thing I love most about Brad’s posts are that there’s not any fluff! The posts are lean and super easy to digest.

Here are a few of my favs.

8 Key Leadership Questions to ask in Reviewing 2015

60 Keys on Leading the Next Generation

Leading Smart

This is the blog from Tim Stevens. He teamed up with Tony Morgan and has written several books. We’ve created leadership videos from 2 of them, SIMPLY STRATEGIC STUFF & SIMPLY STRATEGIC GROWTH.

His Blog focuses a lot on church staff and management.

Here are a few my favorite posts.

4 MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN HIRING CHURCH STAFF

WHY YOU SHOULD STALK YOUR CHURCH STAFF CANDIDATES