By Todd McMichen
Preaching on the topic of money in a healthy way can be one of the most challenging topics pastors ever address. The sermon topics tend to hit in pockets of either pressuring people to give more (because the church has a need) or fighting workaholism (because ...
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5LQ Episode 32: Carey Nieuwhof –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I spoke with Carey Nieuwhof. Carey is the lead pastor at Connexus Church just north of Toronto. He is an author as well as a prolific blogger and podcaster, mostly about leadership. (You can find links to his ...
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Our Call to Stewardship –
By Chris Brown
When you think of stewardship, what comes to mind?
Maybe fundraising or a capital campaign. Possibly taking care of the environment. Or maybe you think it’s just a stale old word you’ve seen in history books. Maybe, if you’re being honest, you’re not really sure ...
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Best Quotes from Catalyst 15 –
Catalyst Conference held it's largest annual gathering in Atlanta this month. More than 13,000 pastors and leaders came together to worship and grow. The theme for this year's conference was "Awaken the Wonder." Here are some of our favorite quotes from Catalyst 15':
To you to ...
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5LQ Episode 31: Ben Trueblood –
Ben Trueblood is the director of Student Ministry for Lifeway Christian Resources. What does that mean? It means he oversees a team that functions across the country ministering to hundreds of thousands of middle and high school students and leaders. The ministry has bases in ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
8 Habits of People Who Always Have Great Ideas - Stephanie Vozza
Aha moments don't happen by accident. They come to people who've cultivated daily habits of approaching life differently.
5 Ways Some Senior Adult Churches Became Younger - Thom Rainer
Here are some ways churches ...
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Leading With Love – Part Four –
By Alex Early
In this four part series, we have gone from God loving the leader, to God loving the church, to how a leader thinks about the Church, to finally some practical ways in which love can be communicated.
Here are two important suggestions on leading lovingly:
Be ...
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Leading With Love – Part Three –
By Alex Early
“Do everything in love” (1 Cor. 16:14)
Some are under the impression that love is merely a trivial feeling that comes and goes at whim. Unfortunately, many in our churches today think that God's love works like this as well. The Bible insists that God is not like us ...
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5LQ Episode 30: Thom Rainer –
In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Dr. Thom Rainer, the President of Lifeway Christian Resources. Dr. Rainer is one of the most influential leaders of leaders in the church world today. His blog at ThomRainer.com draw millions of ...
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Leading With Love – Part Two –
By Alex Early
Leading and loving are not antonyms. Some people, most people aren’t too excited about those who have been given authority. Think about out the last time you felt when you passed a police officer radar-gunning people on the interstate. You pumped the brakes and ...
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Leading With Love – Part One –
By Alex Early
It is imperative that leaders in the local church continually stay reminded of the fact that being called to lead in kingdom work at any capacity (pastor, deacon, Sunday School teachers, greeters, custodians, etc.) is an outlandish act of grace. Paul told the ...
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5LQ Episode 29: The Good and (mostly) bad of Micromanaging –
What do Ken Blanchard, Joe Torre, and Jay-Z have in common? All of them can speak to effective management instead of micromanagement. In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions Podcast Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger, and I talk about the good and (almost all) bad of micromanagement ...
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