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Charleston: Another Reason to Believe in Christ
On Sunday, we witnessed a glowing example of what faith in Christ can do to a person, family, and city. Following the killing of nine people in the Mother Emmanuel AME Church, including the pastor, Chuck Todd of βMeet the Pressβ did an interview with the family of the slain Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. […]
Imparato, Jumping the Curve
Imparato, Nicholas and Oren Harari Jumping the Curve
Responding to 21st Century trends requires church leaders to abandon old assumptions and learn new skills. Most of us need help in this transformation. Jumping the Curve by Nicholas Imparato and Oren Harari (Jossey-Bass, 1996), can provide that help. If you can buy one book this year, […]
GalleryDoorway to ??
It happened again. I was visiting a church on a recent Sunday morning and apparently parked in the “wrong” parking lot. You know the one, it looks like it’s near the main entrance, but the main entrance isn’t really the main entrance (because “everyone” knows that “everyone” enters through the side entrance on Third […]
GalleryEaster Sunday Checklist
It was over twenty-five years I walked into a tent that
would revolutionize the way I would forever pastor a congregation. Soon after
being called to the First Christian Church of Norwalk California, I began
hearing about a church in Orange County that was doing big things. The church
was Saddleback Valley Community Church and I decided to […]
Tip Four: Team Unity
By: John Laster
One all too prominent condition found in congregational leadership teams is disunity. This lack of team unity is frequently rooted in a trio of factors: low levels of trust among team members, a tendency to only spend time together in agenda driven meetings, and poor communication patterns within the group.
The obvious place […]
Conversion, How It Happens
My conversion took place some 52 years ago and occurred over a relatively short period of time – about six months. It began with my dating a girl that demanded I attend church with her. Then I connected with the pastor because we both played golf, and the rest is history. I would characterize […]
REVEREND Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.ο»Ώ
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Following in the footsteps of his father, in February 1948, at the age of 19, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. entered the Christian ministry and was ordained at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. In 1954, upon completion of graduate studies at Boston University, he accepted a […]
GalleryNothing Beats a Meeting
You may be surprised by the title. Who wouldn’t be? I believe it was a Harvard Business School study that revealed that the more meetings we attend, the more our IQ’s drop.
In this blog, and in our books, we’ve pointed out that the lead pastor needs to bow out of a many meetings as […]