Leadership

Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church

Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.

Andy Cook: A Renewed Vision

Evangelism is not just another leadership skill—it’s foundational to leading a local church.

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

9 Things Strategic Leaders Do

There is a massive difference between having a strategy and thinking strategically.

Multisite Campus Handbook and Best Practices

The one church-multiple locations concept has seen many expressions throughout church history as church leaders adapted to changing cultural realities and leveraged technological advances.

What’s Preventing Your Personal Growth?

One of the true perils of leading church ministry is being so invested in the growth of others that your personal growth goes unattended to.

7 Problems When Church Leaders Isolate Themselves

Though it sometimes masquerades as self-care, extended isolation has some dangerous side effects.

When the Mental Load is Affecting Your Leadership

Toward the end of the day or a week when a leader has had to make too many decisions, he may find himself losing his cool more easily, flying off the handle, or saying thing things he shouldn’t.

7 Things Joyful Pastors Do

And how I try to practice their habits

Finding Clarity

“Activity is not the same as productivity. We need to figure out what the right things are.”

5 Ways to Build Character for Long-Term Leadership

How to go the distance as a leader without having a catastrophic moral failure.