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Growth or control? Can you have both?
Growth? Or Control? As a coach of missional leaders, one of the competencies I lean on all the time is what I call “organizational sustainability.” That’s the ability to help leaders develop and adapt sustainable systems as their missional ministry grows....
Leadership and Management
Today’s entry is from guest blogger Dr. Steven Goodwin. After twenty five years as a parish pastor, God called me out of my comfort zone of the parish and out into secular employment as an organization and leadership development consultant. In this new form of...
Confusion as a tool of control
From time to time, I've worked with people who are confused about their role or their responsibilities-- about what is expected of them. Sometimes I find I haven't communicated clearly. I slow down, then they lock in and are with me. Other times, even after...
Quitting choir
When I was a junior in college at UCLA studying chemistry, I had a spiritual awakening. I became involved in campus ministry, a youth choir, and other activities. Life was very full, and I enjoyed the vast majority of what I was doing. Before sitting down to...
Leave them in the parking lot
Have you ever taken a hike with unwilling children? It’s a painful experience trying to take kids along who don’t want to go. They will complain and sabotage in an effort to make the experience so miserable that everyone will want to turn back. It’s better to...
Annual time-budget seasons
For many people, the way they spend their time isn’t consistent from week to week or even month to month. Some people are bi-vocational or have a trans-local ministry that requires more time during one season and less during another. They may have two or three...
Migration as an opportunity for extension
I recently met a guy who had been raised up as a convert in Honduras, became a pastor who multiplied so effectively that he became a regional leader in the multiplication movement in Honduras. Then he moved to Louisiana and has planted a Spanish-speaking church there...
Coaching networks across the land
I ran across a great example of an opportunity where a semi-independent sodalic ministry could be established. Recently I was doing a consultation with a group that was focused on small town and rural church planting within a particular region. My encouragement...
The power of sodalic structures
Vocabulary lesson of the day: Sodalic: reaching out to start new ministries and churches Modalic: strengthening the ministries and churches that already exist Ministry lesson of the day: You need both. When we look at the way the early church functioned, we see...
Returning to a laboratory of church multiplication
I originally went to Honduras over 30 years ago, because I wanted to learn about church planting. The question I had was, “How do you start churches that start churches that start churches?” I knew our church was supposed to be involved not just one or two other...
2 Timothy 2:2 extension chains
“You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others.” -- 2 Timothy 2:2 NLT This photo is a visual of 2 Timothy 2:2. From the man in the red...
Resourcefulness, MacGyver, and Asset Mapping
I never really watched the old TV show MacGyver. But when I was flipping through the channels, if I came across an episode nearing the end, I’d tune in. I’d tune in because during the last ten minutes of the show, MacGyver would always be in some predicament...