Ed Stetzer: Leading Missional Ministry
Our congregations are the resource we need to be a force of change for Christ in our world, and its time to lead them to do just that through leading missional ministry.
Our congregations are the resource we need to be a force of change for Christ in our world, and its time to lead them to do just that through leading missional ministry.
Dispelling the misconceptions surrounding evangelism
While intangibles like leadership qualities cant be taught, they can be envisioned and, more importantly, aspired to.
God reveals things to Christians that unbelievers dont understand. We know, for instance, that humanity is not basically good. The Bible teaches that counter cultural Christians are basically sinful.
There are no cookie-cutter solutions for reversing a church decline. Churches have unique characteristics, because they have different people. There are different reasons which cause decline.
Church planting can be a very effective method of cross-cultural ministry when done right. Here are some things to keep in mind.
Look around to see who in the church is protecting something. The bad leader who threatens to create a ruckus if you really ask him to step down. The leadership team that rebels against sharing any of their power. Identifying church division warning signs can help prevent conflict.
There are three ways a church can respond when the demographic of a community changes.
World changers have an active, not passive, faith. Faith is like a muscle; the more we use it, the stronger it becomes.
When you find that you’ve stopped growing, you’ve probably exhausted the capacity of leaders in your organization. Is your staff ready to lead at a higher level? Are your volunteer leaders ready to duplicate their teams with a second leader?