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.
Making serving relational and inclusive
A church had been engaging in a Saturday morning food distribution ministry to neighborhood families. One man at the church drove by and saw all these people lined up, waiting in line for the food distribution. That gave the man an idea: interact with them. Here they...
Only two more days to register for Missional Coach Training!
The deadline is looming near for the last day to register for Missional Coach Training in Los Angeles. If you are interested in guiding others along the path of missional ministry as a certified missional coach, we invite you to embark on that journey with us. We...
Sometimes it helps to draw a picture
Here’s a thought following yesterday’s blog entry where I wrote about the book The Back of the Napkin. I was once coaching a church planter who is much more of an artist-type person. He wanted to reach the arts community, which was in a downtown area. He had trouble...
Vocabulary matters
When I was pastoring a church, we used to have a membership class. However, we realized that by calling it membership class, that meant people had to pre-decide that they wanted to become members before attending. So we had people getting involved and hanging around...
The muddled middle
Today, a client’s perspective on how coaching has helped him. From guest blogger Ryan Bearschell of The Salvation Army. I have this common time period every day from 1-4 pm where I’m just no good. I’m tired and unproductive-- I call it my “brainless time” or my...
Things I learned by working with inner city middle schoolers: part 5
Lesson #5: Always bring backup. We were heading to a big theme park outing one morning, when my co-leader showed up really sick. I told him, “You don’t need to come. Go home and get some rest.” I unwisely thought one adult could handle six middle schoolers alone. And...
Things I learned by working with inner city middle schoolers: part 4
When working with kids from the inner city, you have to celebrate the smallest wins. I’d work hard to find the one little thing a kid did right. They may have done 99 things wrong, but when their parent came to pick them up, I’d highlight the positive thing the kid...
Things I learned by working with inner city middle schoolers: part 3
After working in the middle school youth ministry for a time, I launched a high school group with the graduating middle school students. In this context, I decided on a new goal: I wanted them to be on time. To me that didn’t seem much to ask, but asking wasn’t...
Things I learned by working with inner city middle schoolers: part 2
One of the things I quickly noticed when running an inner city ministry for middle schoolers was that these kids have a long history of broken promises by significant adults in their lives. These kids were really insecure about trusting adults, because adults had...
How do you train missional coaches well?
Sure, you can send them to a training event and have them do some reading. But if you really want a practical level of competency, you also need to help coaches-in-training get some hands-on experience: living missionally themselves, practicing coaching, getting...
Why get missional coach training?
Ministry leaders are at least 50% more effective with coaching. They need someone who will listen, ask them questions, and help them reflect on what they’re hearing from God. They need someone who will help them develop action plans and stay accountable to completing...
Missional Coach Training starts August 28-29 in Los Angeles
We interrupt this series on "Things I learned by working with inner city middle schoolers" to bring you the following announcement. Our regularly scheduled series will pick up again this Friday. Do you have a big vision for the future of your ministry? Take an...