Leadership

Resilience: Bouncing Back From Adversity and Failure

Sometimes, we wallow in our failure or rejection in an effort to understand it. But often, it’s just a matter of timing, chemistry, or circumstance.

They Simply Stopped Believing

Only 3% of Americans who grew up in a religiously unaffiliated home said they joined a religion.

Roots Before Fruit

“Our identity as daughters and sons is more important than our impact as leaders.”

After Easter, Now What?

The season after Easter is a great time to launch a new small group series or a new Bible study plan, and of course, to launch an outreach project for the church to join and make a major impact.

John Currie: Leadership Flows From Preaching

The fundamental commitment for a pastor is to be an expositor of the Word of God. Their job is not to put their own agenda into the Word.

Maximize Your Leadership With ‘4 Always’

Never do anything alone, and always have an apprentice. If you are leading a group, team, site, church or network, you always have an apprentice.

Consequences of ‘Passing the Buck’

We no longer live by faith. That’s because faith is forward-looking – “the reality of what is hoped for” (Heb. 11:1, HCSB) – but leaders who only blame others cannot see beyond the immediate issues. Hope disappears.

Are You Concerned About the Ages of Your Church Members?

We older people are typically more faithful attenders, more faithful givers, and often have a bit of wisdom that comes with age.

3 Underutilized Disciplines That Will Make Your Preaching Stronger

What’s often missing from sermons today?

Go to the Source

The world is rapidly changing all around us. Let’s not use our past understanding to multiply a present audience.

The Blessing of Constraints

God fully knew the pandemic was happening when he led us to plan to launch new congregations.