Achieving More with Less
By Bill Easum 2008 was a very bad year for the majority of people around the world. Savings and pensions cut in half. Jobs lost. And a world-wide lack of confidence in governments. From everything I see 2009 will be worse. We haven’t yet seen the end of layoffs, bailouts, rising unemployment – I could […]
An Open Letter to a Disciple; Parts 1 and 2
Not long ago on our advanced leadership listserv (www.easumbandy.com), a member posted a stirring message in which he asked: Dear Bill: My sense is that it’s around these bottom-line issues that most of us still feel overwhelmed and still struggle. It feels to me like we should be taking our discussions on this forum to […]
Are We Doing What We’re Saying
Established churches in North America, once giants of innovation and passion, are now on the brink of irrelevance and boredom. In the span of thirty years a large number of established churches in North America have gone from riches to rags. Systems theorists tell us that in times of great change, such as today, most […]
Backyard Missionaries
When most people hear the word “missionary” they think of someone going off to a foreign country. That used to the case. But no more. Today, in the U.S., we are called to be “back yard missionaries” to our networks. Today, only 30 percent of the missionaries being sent out in the world are from the […]
Beyond the Box Leaders
By Bill Easum First, you have to understand that there are two kinds of beyond the box churches – conventional and unconventional. The following categories apply mainly to the conventional beyond the box church although some of them apply to both. For more on this see my book Beyond the Box Lead Pastors Role 1. […]
Beyond the Box Leadership;
by Bill Easum “You have heard it said . . . , but I say . . . ” –Jesus of Nazareth You have heard it said, “Think outside of the box!” But instead, I ask you to consider this: “It’s time to see beyond the box.” At a time when many churches are just beginning to […]