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…
Leadership Team Field Exercise 1: Spiritual Leadership
By: John Laster From “Gaining Traction” (Chalice Press, 2007) Leadership teams are too busy “doing,” and rarely spend enough time thinking and sharing with one another about who God has…
Ministry Lessons: 5 Ways to Turn Children Into Leaders
…into leaders. Provide leadership opportunities Leadership can’t just be observed and encouraged; it must be learned through active participation. Allow children to exercise leadership in small ways through your ministry…
Three Key Characteristics of Effective Leaders
…our school’s baseball and basketball teams.) Over the years I have gleaned many foundational practices regarding leadership, one being that leadership can be learned. Contrary to the motto of being…
The Needs of the One: The Awkward Balance of Ministry and Leadership
…pretty high for the spiritual gift of mercy, a trait that literally gets in the way of seeing the forest because of the trees. Leadership is a hard taskmaster, especially…
Your Leadership Team Defines Your Church’s Future
…Acts 6:3Brothers and sisters, choose seven from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. leadership isn’t wishful thinking—it’s a necessity. Without the right leaders,…