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 I ask them, “When was the last time you asked God to double your church” I get a blank stare. If we want our […]
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 women who are willing and capable of providing leadership in the various facets of congregational life? If new leaders are not bubbling to the […]
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 leadership is important. It is a rare, however, to find the designated men and women providing functional leadership to the gathered community of believers. […]
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.” That’s incarnation! Unfortunately, many believers cloister with one another and “neighborhood” becomes “Christian ghetto.” This is a danger in even the most vibrant churches. […]
For the week of January 09, 2006
Give Light
By: Bruce Cole
I was walking on the grounds of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. I was supposed to be there to re-fuel for the next leg of my leadership journey but had just hung up the phone after a difficult interaction with a leader from […]
For the week of January 02, 2006
Leadership Alone is Not Enough
By: Bruce Cole
New Hope Christian Fellowship’s Wayne Cordeiro teaches leaders, “Leadership alone is not enough to take our churches into what God has for us. It must be linked with the word “spiritual.” Here’s a simple way to make sure you’re keeping “spiritual” linked […]
Between the two of us Tom and I travel some 450+ days a year consulting with churches and speaking to large groups of leaders. So we hear a lot from a wife source. One question I hear often is “What is the best curriculum for equipping my people?”
When I give them my stock answer […]
Modernity
By: Bill Easum
In Modernity humans were the great observers. What we saw and how we interpreted it became fiat law – even if it was wrong. The world was flat; the world was round. The earth was the center of the universe; the earth was merely a pebble in a pond. Everything revolved around […]
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