How do you get everyone to like you? Easy. Like everyone else. I know that sounds simplistic. The truth is it still isn't a guarantee that everyone will like you. But if you genuinely liked people, as a rule, you will find yourself more likable.

As a pastor, you have countless conversations with people, whether it be with church members, elders, deacons, people in the community, whomever. Over time, you learn to interrupt and decipher the difference between what people are saying and what they actually mean. Recently I heard my friend, Rod Loy share his personal "interpretations" of the most common things he hears from people in the church.

I hear all the time, “How did The Oaks put together such an incredible staff?” I love hearing that because I love the staff at the church I get to serve at, and it makes me happy to see other people notice that they are great people. Something I once heard from Craig Groeschel has helped me understand that many of these people who ask this question aren’t as far from a great staff as they think they are.

The goal was to create an innovative way to provide coaching and consulting for pastors using the web. We did that by partnering great content from leading church pastors and consultants with proven coaches to come alongside a pastor to contextualize the information.

It was soon after I started getting calls from other churches asking if I would help them find new staff members as well.

Start an imprint for the Assemblies of God that would have greater reach into the broader Evangelical church. Have an outlet for influential leaders in the Kingdom to publish to move readers to action.