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- 21. The Biblical Way to Handle Conflict ...
- Conflict. It's a reality. It's not a question of if; it's a question of when. Conflict doesn't have to be bad. And ignoring it often just makes it worse. It actually has some positive things going ...
- Created on 26 February 2020
- 22. What to Do About This Shocking Syndrome in Your Church
- "For when one says, 'I am of Paul,' and another, 'I am of Apollos,' are you not carnal" (1 Cor. 3:4, NKJV). I treasured that young couple in my church. They were attractive, friendly and faithful. That's ...
- Created on 26 December 2019
- 23. Is Your Church Full of Modern-Day Pharisees?
- It's so easy to become a modern Pharisee. We start out with good intentions, desiring only to encourage people to serve God faithfully. We end up setting in stone our requirements and holding people responsible ...
- Created on 06 November 2019
- 24. 3 Keys to Navigate Your Relationship Conflicts ...
- You'll never have a strong relationship without conflict. It's impossible. Open and frank conversations are a bridge every relationship must cross to reach relational depth. Proverbs 24:26 (GNT) says, ...
- Created on 16 October 2019
- 25. Church Leader, Value This Personal Trait More Than Your Calendar
- As leaders, we shoulder unique burdens and responsibilities. Our days are chock-full of meetings, tasks and to-dos. We're held accountable for our teams and their actions. We're in charge of envisioning ...
- Created on 15 October 2019
- 26. Why Daniel Is a Great Model For Pastors in a Crisis
- Every crisis is a leadership opportunity. As a pastor, you minister to people in crisis all the time. It could be a health, relational or professional crisis. It could even be a crisis born out of a natural ...
- Created on 02 October 2019
- 27. How God Uses Discouragement to Refine Your Ministry
- ... eep everyone happy. You aren't going to hit a home run with every sermon. You won't successfully handle every conflict "That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecu ...
- Created on 30 July 2019
- 28. To Resolve Conflict, Start With This Painful Principle ...
- One of the most important life skills that you have to learn is conflict resolution. If you don't, you're going to spend a lot of your life miserable, because we're imperfect people, and we have confl ...
- Created on 25 July 2019
- 29. This Is Why You Can't Seem to Mend Your Broken Relationship
- ... He didn't hold people's faults against them, and he has given us this message of restored relationships to tell others" (2 Cor. 5:18-19, GW). When you want to repair a relationship where there is conflic ...
- Created on 18 July 2019
- 30. How to Defeat the Division That's Splitting the Church in Two
- This year on the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 2, we are asking for prayers for Christian unity. Jesus himself started the Christian unity prayer movement when He prayed that the believers would ...
- Created on 01 May 2019
- 31. Nehemiah's 5 Steps for Handling Conflict ...
- In Nehemiah 5, the Israelites faced conflict for one of the same reasons we do today: selfishness. So, what can we learn from Nehemiah about handling conflict? 1. Take the problem seriously. (v. 6) Nehemiah ...
- Created on 14 March 2018
- 32. 10 Blatant Signs Your Church Has No Clear Vision
- ... s. New activities and ministries start just because somebody has a passion and a burden—not because those ministries contribute to the church's overall goal. Internal conflict festers. That happens when ...
- Created on 27 March 2017
- 33. 5 Reasons Change Is So Difficult for Leaders
- As a leader, one of the hardest things to do is to lead people through the process of change. But the reality is that change is happening around us all the time. And if we don't change, we'll be left behind. ...
- Created on 09 November 2016
- 34. 12 Reasons Church Staff Conflict May Arise ...
- My email inbox is full of these stories. Messages to me via social media hit this topic too frequently. There is a lot of church staff conflict out there. To be clear, conflict exists in all relationships. ...
- Created on 20 October 2016
- 35. How God Wants You to Respond to Unfair Criticism
- Criticism. As a pastor you know that you have to expect criticism and learn to deal with it, but that can be easier said than done. Criticism comes in all shapes and sizes and some of it is easier to shrug ...
- Created on 22 September 2016
- 36. 7 Steps to Navigating Difficult Confrontations
- I once tweeted, "The hardest conversation is often the most needed." It was as a result of my counsel to another pastor in a leadership setting. He knew he needed to approach an issue, but he wasn't sure ...
- Created on 19 July 2016
- 37. What to Do When the Unfortunate Need to Fire a Pastor Arises
- This is the most painful subject I ever deal with, and I write about plenty of them. The very nature of church conflict demands that the pastor be found in the midst of the firestorm. Sometimes he is an ...
- Created on 05 July 2016
- 38. What a Historic Family Feud Can Teach Leaders About Conflict Resolution ...
- ... m across the world to visit battle sites and historical markers in the region bordering southeastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. The curious see and hear about the Civil War-era conflict that aros ...
- Created on 26 July 2016
- 39. How to Handle Internal Conflict Within Your Church ...
- When conflict arises in a church, a tired or stressed pastor may not respond well. Ed Stetzer, then executive director of LifeWay Research, voiced that fact after reviewing LifeWay's 2015 online study tha ...
- Created on 27 July 2016
- 40. Don't Let Petty Conflicts Rupture Your Ministry ...
- Imagine a scenario in which two widely known and well-respected ministerial leaders have a serious conflict over which associate to hire—so serious, in fact, that they end their professional association ...
- Created on 05 July 2016