The statistics on the longevity of pastors isn’t encouraging. As we saw earlier from a major survey of pastors, 80 percent leave the ministry within five years. Jimmy Draper, former president of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and former president of ...
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Diagnosing Ministry in Your Context –
The Lord used Nehemiah to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and Nehemiah is often recognized for being a strong and focused leader. It is important to note that he did not merely show up in Jerusalem, after arriving from serving under the Persian king in captivity, and declare a ...
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5LQ Episode 56: Jason Romano –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Jason Romano who manages the social media for all of ESPN's NFL and MLB coverage, which is to say, a LOT! Jason also serves as an elder in his church and has some really helpful things to say about ...
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7 Things I Need From My Team –
By Kevin Lloyd
Every parent has experienced it. Those moments when your children are doing something wrong, but you just don't even know exactly how to describe it. All you know is that you want them to stop, and stop now!
In these moments I want my kids to change their ...
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Powerful truths from Passion 2016 –
Passion Conference took place at the beginning of this month, and drew 40,000 college students from 1,500 universities and 47 nations at three locations simultaneously. Passion is a college aged movement that began in 1995 by Pastor Louie Giglio, who also pastors Passion City ...
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5LQ Episode 55: You asked, We Answered –
We get asked questions pretty regularly on Facebook, and at our respective twitter feeds (@ToddAdkins and @BarnabasPiper). And since we have sharp listeners many of the questions are excellent, so we decided to take the best and turn them into a podcast! In fact we had so many ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
What I've Learned in 20 Years of Ministry - Russell Moore
Dr. Moore recently realized he passed 20 years since his ordination, and so he called to mind some of the important lessons he's learned over the years.
How to Avoid Losing Your Team's Talented Leaders - Brian Dodd
There ...
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3 Signs of a Sick Team Culture –
Culture. It seems to be a buzzword these days. If you “Google” search it, more than 535 million results will be generated in less than .27 seconds.
What is culture?
I’ve heard culture simply defined as a system of beliefs that guides a community’s behavior. While this may be ...
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7 Shifts For Missional Groups –
The core ministry of a church will determine the trajectory of the whole church. If a church is built around a dynamic preacher or teacher, then it will affect how everyone views the Christian life and ministry. When the student ministry is the dominant feature in a congregation, ...
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5LQ Episode 54: Louie Giglio –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins spoke with Louie Giglio who is the lead pastor of Passion City Church, founder of the Passion movement and conferences, author, and speaker. Louie is best known for his work with college students and young adults ...
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When Those You Lead Argue and Complain –
By Jenni Catron
Although I’d like to believe that I have been the model follower, I’ve certainly done my share of grumbling and complaining. I reflect back on seasons of my career and realize how miserable I must have made life for some of my leaders. Ungrateful and entitled ...
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6 Ways to Build More Volunteers –
By Kevin Lloyd
My youngest daughter, Sydney, has an arch nemesis at school. Math. Truth be told, she and I share this common villain. Not only do we not enjoy it but it proves to be our kryptonite over and over.
What this means is the every afternoon is a marathon session of ...
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