The following was the introduction to one of our online coaching seminars.
Reconstructing Ministry Around Paul’s Missionary Band
By Dan Reeves
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I love the EBA format with all its elevated learning and widespread rippling of seminal ideas. I also am impressed by the common threads which we’ve been hearing […]
We all know 85% of churches in the West are in decline, so I wont go into that other than to say I know the cause for this decline.[1]
The basic problem with Western Christianity rests on a misunderstanding of the Church Growth movement and the liberalization of the Western Church. Let me explain.
The Church […]
Over the past few decades, the idea of having a mission statement has been the topic of many an article and even some books. By now, most churches, growing or dying, have one. The question is, do they help? It depends on whether or not the pastor and church are living into them. What […]
By Bossidy and Charan
If you’re able to translate business examples into church examples this book offers a wealth of information about how to lead a staff so that dreams actually become reality. I’m going to try to make that translation for you.
Sharing a big hairy audacious goal is the easy part of leadership; making […]
Today’s environment requires leaders to be spiritual directors rather than teachers or CEO’s.
Being a spiritual director is different from being a teacher. Teachers impart knowledge to their students. Spiritual directors walk with fellow travelers on their personal journey of experiencing God, not to impart knowledge, but to assist the traveler in their own discovery […]
We talk a lot about honor in our culture in regards to public service and acts of bravery. But why don’t we speak more about honoring one another in daily life?
Think about it. How do people perceive you? And in regards to church, does your congregation honor every precious child of God?
I feel keenly […]
Jason said to me, “Disciplemaking Teachers out to be required.”
I had just conducted the Disciplemaking Teachers seminar at his church. I had done the Double Your Class Seminar in their church sometime back. They had seen some results. I sensed two frustrations:
Many teachers were slow to get on board. They didn’t want to […]
Like everything else in today’s world, the way spiritual redwood churches are staffing themselves is rapidly changing. Church leaders in declining churches are finding these changes extremely hard to comprehend, much less attempt. This inability to comprehend and make the necessary changes is a critical flaw in most declining churches. I think it is […]
When it comes to discipleship, those of us called to do ministry in the Western Hemisphere are encumbered with what I call a “content fetish.” We have been consumed with focusing on content as if we could teach discipleship. All we need to do is get our people into a classroom, teach them how to […]
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