How Christian Leaders Can Grow, Thrive and Finish Well
Christian leadership is a lifelong journey of growth, health and multiplication. Understanding the seasons of a leader’s life can help us thrive now and finish well.
Christian leadership is a lifelong journey of growth, health and multiplication. Understanding the seasons of a leader’s life can help us thrive now and finish well.
Jeremy McGarity has seen church growth from both sides—as a church planter and as the pastor of an established congregation. At Skyline Church, he is emphasizing relational evangelism, discipleship and a culture of invitation to help people take their next step toward Christ.
When Libin Abraham became lead pastor of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship, he followed a beloved longtime leader and led the church through COVID-19. He explains why succession isn't imitation and how the church moved from survival to revival.
Both the pastor and the congregation must recognize that the pastor’s highest-leverage work must focus on sharing ministry by developing leaders who can in turn care for and develop others. This realization is simultaneously liberating and threatening: liberating because it means a way forward exists; threatening because it requires a fundamental change for both pastors and congregations. Pastors must shift their own self-understanding, and congregations must change the fundamental expectations they have of their pastors.
CityLife Church in Melbourne, Australia, is cultivating a culture of multiplication by empowering campuses, developing leaders and reproducing disciples and churches.
Leaders rarely intend to drift, but busy seasons can quietly disrupt the habits that keep them healthy. These four gauges can help leaders notice drift and course-correct.
Church leaders face constant disruption and resistance to change. Tod Bolsinger explains how pastors can lead transformation while protecting the values at the heart of the church.
Burnout isn't the price of working hard — it's the slow erosion of a soul disconnected from Jesus. Here are three rhythms that help ministry leaders flourish instead of fade.
Nehemiah 13 reveals a leader wrestling with holy restlessness—and finding rest not in finished work, but in a faithful God.
Churches can build bridges to their communities by meeting practical needs, building relationships and demonstrating the gospel. Efrem Smith shares how churches can engage culture and reach people with the good news of Jesus.