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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...
Shifting gears – change to avoid stalling out
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine. “The most common cause of executive failure is inability or unwillingness to change with the demands of a new position.” – Peter Drucker When you’re in a new position, the contribution that...
What’s my contribution?
Part of a series inspired by Peter Drucker, an important mentor of mine Peter Drucker suggests that leaders regularly ask themselves the question, “What’s my contribution?” In other words, what does the organization need from me at this particular time to facilitate...
New research on discipleship
You might be interested to know that a new resource has come out. Eric Geiger, Michael Kelley, and Philip Nation have a new book called Transformational Discipleship: How people really grow. It consists of compilations of interviews with church leaders who focus on...
A new kind of metrics: steps forward in faith
The post below is by Randy Lovejoy, pastor of Silverlake Community Church. I had an opportunity to use a different metric for ministry this past week. This Sunday we had an unusual convergence in our worship service. Not only did adults and youth join. Not only did...
Form vs. function
Instead of thinking about what meetings people are going to, think about how a disciple lives. There are processes and there are behaviors. By focusing on the behaviors (the function) instead of the processes (the form), we get the results we are looking for. Let’s...