● Free cheat sheet · 10 questions

Breaking 500
Cheat Sheet.

Hire the right staff, build systems that don’t depend on you and keep the people who visit.

By the PastorCenter.com team

Breaking 500 Cheat Sheet — Staff and systems that don’t depend on you. A free cheat sheet from Pastor Center.
  • ✓10 questions, 6 pages — find your next move this week
  • ✓Real examples under every question
  • ✓Room to write your hires, leaders and measures
Josh Howerton
“Every growing church needs this.”
Josh Howerton · Lead Pastor, Lakepointe Church

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— The problem

Pastor, what got you to 400 won’t get you to 600.

You’ve tried adding another service.Same team, now stretched across two.
You’ve tried hiring for the gap.The new hire spent months just learning who’s who.

What If Your Church Ran on Systems, Not You?

Ten questions, real examples under every one. Fill it in and see the staff and systems your church needs to break 500.

— Who wrote this

We’re pastors. We’ve had your Monday.

Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This cheat sheet is the short version.

  • 9free courses
  • 164lessons, all free
  • ARCChurches partner
Josh Howerton
“You can tell PastorCenter was built by people who understand what pastors actually do every week. It solves real ministry problems instead of just giving churches another piece of software to manage.”
Josh HowertonLead Pastor, Lakepointe Church

Sound familiar?

You’re leading a ministry when you need to be building an organization.
You don’t know who your next key hire should be.
Some ministries still don’t have a real leader.
Guests come in the front door and quietly leave out the back.
You can’t say what you measure every week.

Your church isn’t out of potential. It’s out of capacity. This cheat sheet shows you the hires and systems that build more of it.

— The plan

Three steps. Starting today.

01

Tell us where to send it

One short form. The PDF is on the very next screen — no trial, no card, nothing to wait for.

02

Fill it in before Sunday

6 pages, 10 questions, real examples under each — and room to write your answer on the sheet.

03

Walk in ready

Fill it in and walk away with your next hire, a leader for every ministry, and the numbers to watch weekly.

If nothing changes

  • —Every system depends on you.
  • —Guests come and go without a path.
  • —You manage the week instead of leading the church.

If you fill this in

  • ✓Your systems run without you in the room.
  • ✓Every guest is on a path from first visit to engaged.
  • ✓You know your numbers and lead from them.

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