We join together in prayer and fasting on April 10,11 and 12, 2020.
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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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Here’s a new reality, new people connect more slowly than in the past and disconnect more quickly than we’ve previously experienced. It’s a double-edged sword.
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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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Jeremiah continues his prophecy and tells the Israelites to involve their children in marriage ceremonies and to increase in number. We are talking about generational impact in the city – our evangelism must produce transformation and change that will be seen for generations in the city.
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You might be thinking that city evangelization is no different than in the suburbs or rural areas, but you’d be wrong. How do we make Christlike disciples of people that live a fast-paced life and don’t have time for Jesus? How do we create relationship and gain the trust of someone that works 7 days a week? What does hope look like in the midst of substance abuse, gangs and poverty?
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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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Great leaders think of children as essential players in God’s kingdom and God’s plan of reconciliation. They see them as central to their mission.
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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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He came into the room and handed me a little box and said “Merry Christmas, I hope you like it.”
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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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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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No one’s plan undermined another – all the professionals had to work together. This is the beauty of hospice – people working together to achieve the common good of the patient.
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