Leadership

Renowned physicist and Anglican priest John Polkinghorne: “You don’t have to commit intellectual suicide to be a religious believer; otherwise I wouldn’t be one.”

"People will admire you for your success, but they will relate to you because of your pain."

The pastor/innovation leader at LifeChurch.tv discusses his personal journey to becoming who God wants him to be.

Jim Putman, the senior pastor of Real Life Ministries, discusses what it takes to plant a church that develops leaders from day one.

Larry Osborne: Jesus came to make the kingdom of God more accessible, not to impose stricter standards to exclude people.

"Mission and attraction are two positive forces which are like the inhaling and exhaling of a body. It takes both to breathe."

Only God can fix the world; but as we fulfill our calling and carry God’s good news of salvation, healing and justice into the world, we become a very real part of changing it.

"If you have ideas of how church can be, you can make them happen. Doors are wide open, obstacles are few."

Eugene Peterson: "There’s probably no vocation in which you’re able to be yourself, with your whole self as a pastor."

With some pre-planning, you can improve your odds of getting back those Easter visitors.