I was recently in a meeting discussing the future of an evangelical movement. The person I was with shared a great challenge -- one of the most prominent leaders of their movement was not finishing well, making it hard for the movement to envision a successful future.
That ...
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Balancing Love and Honesty as a Leader of Leaders –
People often say, “If you love someone you should just be honest with them.” While there is truth there, it is a tricky thing because speaking truth can be perceived as an unloving act. In other words, there is a right and a wrong way to speak truth.
It isn’t a new challenge. ...
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Small Groups and the Transformed Life –
Much of Christian discipleship resourcing deals with what you need to know, not who you need to be with. That is sad, because if we get the relationships right, the information will follow.
In other words, if we connect people in real gospel community, they will learn, but the ...
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Understanding Missional Communities –
Matt Carter joined Ed Stetzer to talk about church culture, small groups and missional communities on this episode of The Exchange.
http://vimeo.com/channels/309137/101401835
Carter serves as the pastor of Preaching & Vision at the Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, ...
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4 Steps to Community Engagement –
How Churches Can Impact Their Community
I've said many times before that if the 1950s were to make a comeback, there would be all too many churches who could go on without missing a beat. The good news is that they found a ministry strategy that works. The bad news is that the ...
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Know What You Cannot Do: Ministry Fence Post No. 4 –
This is the fifth and final blog post in a series regarding pastors developing healthy boundaries in their ministry. I'm sharing four key points in the process, thinking of them as four fence posts around a healthy ministry.
I have already shared the first three "posts:" ...
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