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For the week of January 17, 2005 From Program Manager to Transformational Leader By: Tom Bandy One of the hardest shifts for clergy to make is the shift from program manager to transformational

  Separating Visioning and Management By: Tom Bandy Whatever your organizational model might be, it is crucial to separate the visionary and management functions. Most churches (especially small churches) fail to do so,

For the week of January 03, 2005 Mission Statements By: Tom Bandy Biblical visions are revealed, never created. That principle is forgotten so often! Churches accommodate to the corporate culture around them by

Supervising Staff In order to supervise staff you have to have the power to hire and fire. Most churches don't allow the lead pastor to have such power. This is one of the

One of the mistakes I see pastors routinely making is the failure to terminate a staff person the moment they decide they can’t cut the mustard. It’s been my experience that the sooner

According to several contacts I’ve had over the past two years, both in the U.S. and outside of In our country, worship evangelism seems to be increasingly the worship of choice. By worship