A lot of pastors feel it’s inappropriate to use power, even if it might cause something good to happen. Great leaders aren’t afraid to use power for the corporate good. They know that in the absence of strong leadership, someone steps in to exercise power. They know what normally happens when leaders fail to […]
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 is merely a pebble in a pond. Everything revolved around the earth; […]
Jimmy Long
An extremely timely book that just might save the established church. Long describes in detail one of the most urgent and potentially destructive issues of our time – how to transition leadership from the top-down, command and control world of Modernity to the bottom-up, team based, permission giving emerging postmodern world. He not only […]
Leadership and Self-Deception
The Arbinger Institute
Someone sent me this book. I don’t know who or why. I almost didn’t read it. The book is in narrative form and I don’t like narrative form. I know; that betrays my Modernity. However, I could not put the book down. I quickly got sucked in to the story […]
The following two leadership tips are related.
Tip One:
Church leaders need to start going house to house again – not to talk about the weather or to eat a chicken dinner, but to have spiritual conversation. I’ve heard that every household in the largest church in the world, Yoido Full Gospel Church in Soul, Korea […]
I recently completed teaching a college course on Evangelism In Your Context. I had students from all over (east of the Rockies) and a good time was had by all. The majority of the students were either pastors or staff members of churches and the sheer number of Ahas! was gratifying. Perhaps the most […]
Finance and Leadership
By: Tom Bandy
Established churches of all kinds are hitting a financial wall. Some are now asking the clergy or staff to take salary cuts, and these leaders are rightly perturbed at the hidden assumptions behind such a move. Remember that the key to stewardship is disciplined adult spiritual growth, and that the […]
By Bill Easum
Being stuck in a hotel with the flu gives one time to ask dumb questions. With nothing to do but sneeze and cough and watch TV, I turned to the Yankees and Red Sox game. While watching the game, the question popped into my head- why so much spitting? That afternoon, still […]
It seems that the leading cause of flagging small group ministries is the consistent lack of available small group leaders. Depending on the size of the church, we always recommend starting a new small group (or Sunday school class) between semi-annually and monthly. These new groups are necessary to accommodate new people who would […]
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