Leadership isn’t easy, but it’s one of the most rewarding endeavors imaginable. Leadership is more art than science, more fluid than structured, and more messy than clean. Therefore, any help we can get for a quick check-up is helpful.
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Paul is saying, in effect, “Timothy, don’t be content with being a Christ follower; think about others, the rest of the world. I know you have a hard time thinking about impact, but I want you to think exponential impact! Let’s live our lives so as to impact at least four generations.”
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This article by Dan Reiland gives 5 great questions that can be asked of any church that is beginning an evaluation process.
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Nothing shapes the outcomes of your church more than prayer, and the longer I lead, the more I understand and appreciate the prayers of faithful intercessors.
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The church does not exist to give us an audience for our ideas, projects or egos. It exists to fulfill Christ’s purposes.
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Here are 6 things you can do to tackle the challenge of leading a group that wants to grow but doesn’t want to change:
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They don’t just need to learn ministry skills; they need to develop the character that supports the work God wants to do in and through them.
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We can’t expect that an extracted disciple’s growth in maturity will trickle-down to a waiting harvest no matter the quality and quantity of the sacred buffet that we offer.
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People want to go to a church where they’re challenged by something bigger than themselves and where their gifts are being used to further that cause.
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It is a common practice for churches to commission Christians who embark on doing missionary work abroad. Many churches see their congregants entering the workplace—a mission field—on a weekly basis. So, bi-monthly, Pastor Jason Harris at Central Presbyterian Church commissions people to specific vocations in the same way they would pray for pastors or foreign missionaries.
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Here are 5 mistakes that are more likely to be made by small churches than by big ones. The smaller, the more susceptible they are.
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Need a new beginning in your life, in your city, or in your church? God specializes in helping us start afresh.
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We often quote the verse, “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send more workers!” However, what if God has been answering our prayer, calling more and more from our congregations to his harvest field and we are too selfish to send them?
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