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For the week of February 20, 2006 How Do You Spell Leadership By: Bill Easum How do you SPELL leadership? Try it this way: Specific Preparation Enables Loving Leaderships. I imagine all of

Democratic Rule By: Bill Easum Most of my ministry (a span of almost fifty years) has been accomplished within the framework of two denominations whose polity was some form of democratic rule. In

For the week of February 06, 2006 You Have to Position Yourself for Growth By: Bill Easum I talk with a lot of pastors who yearn for their church to grow. But when

For the week of January 30, 2006 Leadership Pipeline 1 By: John Laster What does your pool of emerging leaders look like? Do you ever experience frustration around the absence of men and

For the week of January 23, 2006 Take Your Congregation's Leadership Pulse By: John Laster Every congregation has “officially designated leaders.” Often these are individuals for whom the title or merit badge of

For the week of January 16, 2006 Take It to the Streets By: Bruce Cole Here’s John 1:14, Eugene Peterson-style (The Message): “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.”