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Nov 11, 2011
Job One of a Leader
Many ministry leaders miss the single most important factor for success (apart of course from the Holy Spirit). That one factor is the key to charting the right course, staying on that course and seeing everyone go in the same direction. Very simply it is clarity of who you are, where you are going and how you will get there.
The lack of clarity is one of the key reasons that otherwise good...
Oct 22, 2011
Ministry Excellence: More ministry for less money
All indications seem to point to a fundamental economic shift taking place in our country, and indeed globally. This shift may well impact the amount of money that is available for ministry and the days of year over year automatic increases may be coming to an end. This is not necessarily a bad thing in that it forces ministries to think carefully about how they use the resources they have and to...
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Oct 22, 2011
Ministry Excellence: More ministry for less money
All indications seem to point to a fundamental economic shift taking place in our country, and indeed globally. This shift may well impact the amount of money that is available for ministry and the days of year over year automatic increases may be coming to an end. This is not necessarily a bad thing in that it forces ministries to think carefully about how they use the resources they have and to...
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Sep 27, 2011
Don't get caught in the church numbers game
What spells success for a local church? For many pastors the answer is how many attend their church. I drove by a Unitarian church with a full parking lot on Sunday. By our common definition of success they had achieved it - or the Mormon temple two blocks from my house that draws a full crowd. Seen in that light we realize that numbers are not everything and sometimes are nothing when it comes to...
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Aug 18, 2011
Straight Talk about Results in Missions
Missionaries are under increasing pressure to prove that they are getting results in missions today. Impatient sending churches are sometimes quick to criticize and even pull support when their version of results are not realized. This is both a good thing and a bad thing...depending.
At the expense of irritating some local church leaders, I want to suggest that the pressure for quick results in...
At the expense of irritating some local church leaders, I want to suggest that the pressure for quick results in...
Aug 09, 2011
Bigger is often not better
As one who works with ministries and ministry leaders I often hear rather dramatic plans for income expansion along with a tendency to believe that more ministry requires more people. I would offer some suggestions to think about coming out of many years of ministry leadership.
One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
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One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
Aug 09, 2011
Bigger is often not better
As one who works with ministries and ministry leaders I often hear rather dramatic plans for income expansion along with a tendency to believe that more ministry requires more people. I would offer some suggestions to think about coming out of many years of ministry leadership.
One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
Read more
One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
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