Leadership
Interim Ministry – Part 2: When is it needed?
Welcome to the second in a three part series on Interim Ministry. In this series, we will look at interim ministry addressing the following questions: Part 2: Interim Ministry – When is it needed? Interim ministry is needed for the season between the departure of a pastor and the start Read more…
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Interim Ministry – Part 1: What is it?
Welcome to the first in a three part series on Interim Ministry. In this series we will look at interim ministry addressing the following questions: Part 1: Interim Ministry – what is it? Part 2: Interim Ministry – when is it needed? Part 3: Interim Ministry – what type of Read more…
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11 Indispensable Relationships
Leonard Sweet wrote a book, 11: Indispensable Relationships You Can’t Be Without. This book is a great resource for leaders, especially leaders in churches and faith based organizations. The summary list is below. 11 Indispensable Relationships by Leonard Sweet Editor-Nathan True Friend-Jonathan Butt-Kicker-Jethro Protege-Timothy Encourager-Barnabas Yoda-Peter/Paul Back-Coverer-Deborah Reject-Zacchaeus Little One-Rhoda Read more…
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Habits of Healthy Churches: Habit #7
Healthy churches are not territorial. Almost every church struggles with some incidents or areas where there is territorialism. The healthier the church, the less of this there is. Territorialism can occur with space, resources or ministries. Every space in the church except for personal offices should be a shared space. Read more…
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Habits of Healthy Churches: Habit #6
Healthy churches value process. Churches tend to under process conflict and overprocess everything else. In some ways, process matters more than results. Process allows for learning and adjustments and creates a culture where everything can be seen as an experiment. Discipleship itself is a journey and a process, not a Read more…
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Habits of Healthy Churches: Habit #5
Healthy churches are focused more on those outside the church than those inside the church. This does not mean that you ignore those inside your church. In reality, many churches are already good at caring for those inside the church. The church is the only institution/organization that exists primarily for Read more…
