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.
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Alan Briggs: The Paralysis of Perfection
Lately I’ve been noticing two competing ideas in organizations: creativity and excellence. Of course, we need innovative solutions to problems. Count me in for more creativity. It’s the excellence piece that can trip us up.
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson: Why Do You Want to Grow?
Not everything that grows is healthy.
Can I Trust You? Understanding Trust Dynamics
No matter what kind of situation I get called into as a leadership consultant, before very long we will be looking at some issue regarding understanding trust dynamics that is at the center of the problem or opportunity people are facing.
Where It All Begins Shifts to Make for a Return to Disciple Making
The church grows up into maturity as each part is working properly, building itself up in love, which requires a return to disciple making.
Michelle Sanchez: Start With Sabbath Rest
Forming a regular practice of resting in Christ is vital to our spiritual health and flourishing.
Why Do We Plant Churches? The Essence of Successful Church Planting
We evangelize and we multiply, understanding that the essence of successful church planting isn't about numbers, but about treasuring Christ together.
No Longer Depleted: Recharge Ministry Batteries
Too many pastors and leaders have rejected the gift of weekly refreshment that God wants to give them to recharge ministry batteries.
A Story Worth Telling
As the church, we are responsible for telling the most important story in human history, a story worth telling.
Alan Noble: Loving by Living with Anxiety
To follow Christ is to die to self. And when youre suffering mentally, dying to self looks like choosing to live, which is ironic, but there it is. Its choosing to embrace life and not to despair, especially when loving by living with anxiety.
