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Created on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 / Pastoring
Tags: Ron Edmondson, pastors, leadership, ministry, failure, church, learning experience, delegation, vision, problems, change, people pleasing
In my talks with pastors and ministry leaders, I hear some repeated themes. One common theme is that they have a story of a failed leadership experience. It might have been their first church or the church ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 14 June 2013 / Uncategorised
Tags: Ron Edmondson, pastors, exciting, Christ, baptism, believer, child, church, note takers, sacrificial givers, visitors, servant hearts, new people
Pastors get to see the best and worst of life it seems, but there are many positives. Obviously, seeing someone become a follower of Christ or baptism of a believer, has to rank as a highlight of the pastor’s ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 / Ministry Leadership
Tags: Artie Davis, growing influence, leaders, Saul, king, anointed, prophet, God, people, Luke
Saul was made king three times! But only after proving himself was he truly embraced as Israel's leader. Here are three things that happened to Saul that helped him grow in influence and be embraced as ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 10 June 2013 / Pastor's Heart
Tags: Joe McKeever, hard truths, Christ, church, Body of Christ, people, Jesus, submission, unity, Ephesians, pastors, deacons, congregation
It’s His church and not mine. It’s His church and not yours either. Settle that or nothing else will matter. Get it wrong and everything else you do will be off-kilter. The moment you think it’s your church ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 25 April 2013 / Administration
Tags: Rick Warren, untapped, gold mines, church, sleeping giant, lay people, financial support, evangelicals, Saddleback
Pastor, you’ve got a sleeping giant in your church. If you awake that sleeping giant, it’ll change your church, your community and the world. This sleeping giant in your church is your unengaged lay people. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 22 April 2013 / Vision
Tags: Dan Reiland, front door, back door, congregation, people, coming, going, pastor, church
Closing the back door is more about keeping the front door wide open. The spirit and atmosphere that makes a church inviting is the same spirit and atmosphere that makes people want to stay. Church leaders ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 18 April 2013 / Marketplace
Tags: Tony Morgan, blog, unstuck, write, passionate, coaching networks, attack, problems, people
During my coaching networks and ministry health assessments, I frequently spend time checking out church websites. While evaluating the sites, I’ve noticed many pastors and ministry leaders are writing ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 / Preaching
Tags: Rick Warren, Jesus, passion, lost, sacrifices, people, Gospels, New Testament
I believe the most overlooked key to growing a church is this: We must love unbelievers the way Jesus did. Without His passion for the lost, we will be unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary to reach ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 25 March 2013 / Administration
Tags: Robert Crosby, empowering, kingdom, leader, impact, people, self-assessment, Paul, teams
Are you choosing to be an empowered leader or an empowering one? The results for each one couldn’t be more opposite—or impacting. A leader whose focus is holding on to power will ultimately cause a ministry ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 18 March 2013 / Calling
Tags: Joey Bonifacio, Miles McPherson, NFL, drugs, abuse, people, Jesus, expose, deception
He achieved All-American honors in football and was drafted into the NFL. He played for the Los Angeles Rams and the San Diego Chargers. But with success, Miles McPherson found himself trapped in drug ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 / Growth
Tags: Unchurched, speak, languages, reaching, businesspeople, young moms
Are you praying for insight about how your church can impact the unchurched? I remember thinking: If our church ever becomes popular among the unchurched, we'll sure be able to do lots of good. After all, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 20 December 2012 / Kingdom Culture
Tags: connecticut school shooting, billy graham, newtown school massacre, why does god allow tragedy, school shootings, senseless killings, gun control, bad things happen to good people, job
The technological revolutions of today stagger our imaginations. We try to peer into the future, and if we could actually see what the world will be like 10 or 20 years from now, I'm sure that we would ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 14 December 2012 / Kingdom Culture
Tags: spiritual abuse, merchandisers, don't get stupid, water down the gospel, release people into ministry, insecure pastors, bubble machines at church, ignore evangelism, great commission, prayer, prayerlessness, ...
Lee Grady penned a no-nonsense article last week cleverly titled “10 Stupid Things Ministers Should Never Do.” The ministry of Dr. Mary Ann Brown left an impression on Lee, and in his article he recalled ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 / Main
Tags: arson,building,burn,church burn down,church is people,fire,first baptist church,flames,martin knox,temple,texas
QUOTE: "It's a very sad day for our church family. But the thing we talk about in our church oftentimes is buildings are tools that the church uses. Our church [is] all the folks who have been ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 31 July 2009 / Main
Tags: selling, property, community, people, building, Georgia, Rolling Hills Baptist Church,building
... back and move on to "bigger and better" ministry. They have … only in a way few churches are willing to do. On October 5, 2008, with a reeling economy hitting their community hard, the congregation voted ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 28 February 2003 / Culture
Tags: Pastor, Difficult people, How to, employees, church
Are certain people in your church driving you crazy? Here are some practical tips for dealing with nine difficult personality types. When John D. Rockefeller was asked what quality he was willing ... [ +++ ]
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