It’s happened on several occasions as I’ve worked in the publishing industry. An event, an issue, or a person comes across our collective radar screens in such a blazing fashion that we need to react. In this industry, it means publishing something.
But we have a publishing ...
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Multiplicative Discipleship –
Whenever we only seek to train a single generation, we have missed the point of discipleship. By nature, discipleship should be multiplicative. We are at our best when we are disciple-makers making disciple-makers. Here are eight ideas that will help you lead your church toward ...
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Leadership Lessons I Wish I Learned Earlier –
At the ripe old age of 19, I was given my first position on a church staff. Of course, it was as a youth minister. Yes, that's right. Someone put a 19-year old in charge of all the 13-18 year-old kids. Brilliant. Needless to say, I was terrible at leadership at that stage of my ...
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Defining Missional Leadership –
The subjects "missional" and "leadership" have filled up books for many years. Over the last century, the terms have been paired in books, articles, and conferences. However, in all of my reading, listening and learning, I have not found an authoritative definition for the phrase ...
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Active Leadership –
This is not an endeavor for the faint of heart or those with a suspect self-image. Leadership requires a strong will that refuses to be molded by the moment but to be guided by the truth. It means we must be moving but doing so in a wise manner.
Here are few ideas to think about ...
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Leading People to be Globally Informed –
Leadership must be concerned with the people who are directly in front of you. But the concern of a leader must not end there. It is especially true for the church leader. We must be the ones who have a wider perspective regarding God's work and guide the church to have the ...
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