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Inside vs. outside
Reflect on your own ministry and consider what percentage of your time is devoted to inward spiritual development (inside the body) as opposed to how much time and energy is focused outside the body. Brandon Hatmaker has formed the missional communities of his church...
Another way to do theological education
One of my favorite seminaries is in Indonesia. They live by the principle that obedience and follow through are what really matters. Dr. Chris Marintika has created a unique theological education program in Indonesia. In addition to completing traditional seminary...
The conservatory model
I was involved in a leadership network meeting with Peter Drucker back in the 80s. There were various practitioners there making presentations, and Peter added his commentary. After I gave my presentations, he got up and started talking about the rise of...
Planter assessment vs. planter development
We’ve done a lot of work with church planter assessment. Many organizations offer helpful assessments, and I wholeheartedly recommend that every potential planter undergo an assessment of some kind. Yet I find that another issue—equally as important—is not being...
Is it catching?
Craig Whitney of ELI Church Planting talks about the role of relational evangelism in planter effectiveness: “One of the four characteristics the ELI measures [in church planters] is relational evangelism. One of the things we asked in our research was what...
Lessons learned from ELI church planting
I just connected with Craig Whitney, executive director of ELI Church Planting. Here are a few highlights from what he’s been learning lately (shared by permission). Experience counts. To those who believe God is calling them to start a church, Whitney says, “The best...
The 4 requirements of an effective organization
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine Drucker points out that effective leaders supply four basic requirements of any human organization: communications, teamwork, self development, and development of others. Communications is basic...
Who gets the marker?
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine Consider the meetings you have in your church or ministry. Which of them have a clear purpose? Which of them are you having just to have? What can you do to improve the quality of your meetings?...
The effective meeting
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine Meetings can be a life-drain on churches. Too many meetings burn our people out. An even bigger problem than too many meetings are bad meetings. What makes a bad meeting vs. a good meeting? Here...
What I learned from Peter Drucker
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine "Every organization needs performance in three major areas: It needs direct results; building of values and their reaffirmation; and building and developing of people for tomorrow." – Peter...
“Logan doesn’t know anything”
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine In yesterday's blog entry, I talked about a time early in my ministry when I realized I was trying to do too much myself instead of empowering others in the church. One of the outcomes of that...
Spiritual problems vs. management problems
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine When I was first planting a church, I found that I was getting tired and discouraged every two weeks. Some planters have a weekly cycle and some a monthly schedule, but mine seemed to be a lunar...