As a church leader, you want to see God’s will done in the local church. Change, however, takes work. Any amount of change causes pain, pushback and potential landmines that could implode your change direction. But even if people dislike change, a leader should still lead change when leading church change. For every season in the church’s life, God […]
The missional leader understands it takes all (children, youth, and adults) to develop a mission mindset. Transformation does not happen overnight but will occur once everyone across all demographics strives to live out their daily missional tasks.
For too long in the North American church, we have focused too much on how missions get done and not enough effort on who is doing missions.
Be a leader who tells a story of redemption, renewal, and righteousness living in all aspects of your life. Put away the negative words you describe to yourself, and begin to hear the positive comments that God poured into your leadership from others around.
It is only when you desire change and are willing to take steps to produce change that change will come. What difference do you want to occur in your leadership story?
Sometimes, a leader has to survive the moment, buy time to survey the surroundings, and figure out what to do next.
Where once the church was the gathering place, the world enticed her people to become more lackadaisical to her offerings. As a leader, you must not focus on those who have chosen not to return, but on the ones who come at least once a month to church.
God did not call you to go into the accessible places where gold would be found, but the hard places where ministry must drill down into the community to find a solid foundation to build the church.
Leaders today are facing discouragement and are asked if they will continue in their ministry assignment or leave ministry altogether.
By reconnecting with your neighbors, you will bring the church back to the forefront of what has been missing--a deep community connection.
