Opening the door to organic change
For groups that want to build in coaching throughout their ministry, the initial thinking usually organizational. Who needs to approve it? How will we structure it? Whose permission do we need? How will we run the trainings? That can work well if you’re able to...
A diagram for change
Sometimes if you want to see change, you need to change your assumptions about yourself and about your ministry. Take a look at the diagram below from Releasing Your Church’s Potential. The upper right portion, transformational, is where change works and...
Whose approval do you seek?
I recently asked this question of someone. He’d been working hard in his ministry, putting forth a great deal of effort, yet receiving very little by way of appreciation from his congregation. He was frustrated and tired. Yet the question, “Whose approval are you...
New Resource: Barnabas Coach Training
As a ministry leader, you want to develop people who can engage in incarnational missional ministry. You want to develop people who can come alongside others to develop them as well. You want a relational– yet effective– means of making disciples. What you...