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What would happen to your ministry if every year you chose a dozen lay people you felt had potential and spent the year discipling them? What would happen if every paid staff person

Mainline churches should avoid like the plague bringing ordained Associate Pastors on their staff. Instead they should raise up effective, non-ordained staff. There are several reasons for this: 1. They already have the

For the past decade I have said that we are nearing the time when it will no longer be true that the vast majority of people are converted before the age of 18.

We need a new understanding of what it means to be a disciple. I have goofed in the past trying to define a disciple by describing the attributes. But a much better way

This month's leadership tip is somewhat different. I received the following email this month. I thought my response to it might be worth sending to you as the tip of the month. I

Churches doing small groups as the lifeblood of the church need to consider the following key issues. To overlook any one of these is to lay the foundation for failure. 1. Leadership training