Having No One Is Better Than Having the Wrong One
With limited financial and volunteer resources, I needed to fill a critical role on my leadership team.
With limited financial and volunteer resources, I needed to fill a critical role on my leadership team.
Even more than working through us, the God-Who-Is delights in us, as we strive for Sabbath rest.
This kind of passionless Christianity is the curse of the modern church. No one is drawn to Christ by its display. There is no magnetism, nothing that attracts, and plenty to repel.
Many churches are housed in rubber-stamp buildings that function in the same ways, regardless of where theyre located. They provide a needed meeting place for the congregation, but may not necessarily contribute to the story in a unique way otherwise, highlighting the importance of facility storytelling.
Healthy boundaries make for healthy souls. Unhealthy boundaries make for unhealthy souls.
Developing self-leadership stems from self-awareness, as an emotionally unpredictable leader unintentionally prevents people from getting close and slowly erodes trust.
We believe in the smaller churches. We will partner with local churches to focus on resourcing smaller churches. We believe in the leaders of smaller churches.
We often think about service as something we as a church do. But there are people in your community who are ready to join in church service initiatives if you organize it and are not concerned about who gets the credit.
We want people to feel welcome in an atmosphere where they can be real and bring their struggles, Sibylle says, encouraging the practice of bringing Jesus into daily life.
The hard parts of ministry and life, often experienced when leading through difficult times, are used by God to unearth the false identities and comforts that I tend to cling to other than God himself.