Leadership
Holistic Leadership Development
You want to develop leaders who will do what Jesus called us to do, leaders who can take the church forward into the 21st century. You look to the fields and see them, as Jesus does, ready for harvest — and you know that’s where your ministry needs to concentrate.
What’s needed is holistic leadership development — the kind of leadership development that comes from the harvest and leads people back into the harvest, resulting in subsequent generations of new believers and new leaders living as Jesus called us to live.
We can help you develop leaders the kind of leaders you need in a way that is both relational and intentional… and ultimately effective in helping your church accomplish its mission.
Developing a ministry flowchart
The purpose of a ministry flowchart is to diagram your overall strategy for achieving your mission. Diagramming your programs/ministry offerings will help you see the relationships among the areas. Here’s the process for creating a ministry flow chart: First, click...
The 4 most common barriers to an outward focus
An outward focus means looking outside the walls of your own church. It means being more concerned about reaching out and meeting the needs of the community around you than you are about the level of comfort inside the church. For most churches, it’s much easier to...
When the unjust win
Sometimes the unjust win. It can make you both mad and sad, but the wicked do seem to prosper and the system is set in their favor. That can be very distressing. Our friend Asaph faced that in his prayer recorded in Psalm 73. This is just a brief excerpt: I encourage...
Responsibility and contribution
One of the most helpful things I’ve found for building solid teams is to make a distinction between responsibility and contribution. Responsibility is their job-- what that person is responsible for. If it doesn’t get accomplished, they are held responsible because it...
Confusion of goals
“It seems to me that the perfection of means and confusion of goals seem to characterize our age.” -- Albert Einstein That’s food for thought, isn’t it? Reflect on this quote today. What light can it shed on your ministry?
Leadership
Leadership Holistic Leadership Development You want to develop leaders who will do what Jesus called us to do, leaders who can take the church forward into the 21st century. You look to the fields and see them, as Jesus does, ready for harvest — and you know that’s...