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How is your PQ doing these days? You know - Passion Quotient. I've concluded, along with a lot of other people that the most important attitude of an effective leader is passion. PQ

Assuming you have a mission, vision, and values statement, or core values, or purpose statement, begin asking a series of questions:"What committees do we have that are not doing anything that helps these

1. Listen to everything. 2. Empathize (for real). 3. Note what they are feeling. 4. Build that Shared Agenda. 5. Take a point of view, for goodness' sake! 6. Take a personal risk.

Recently a pastor asked me for a copy of my church's building use policy. At first I did not understand the question. Then I got it. Trouble is that my church has never

  Take A Core Team Deep By: Bill Easum What would happen to your ministry if every year you chose a dozen lay people you felt had potential and spent the year discipling

  Beware of the Announcement By: Paul Nickerson Worship designers often do not realize how off-putting such announcements are to newcomers. First-time visitors begin to think they have come to some sort of