Jeff Vanderstelt is the visionary leader for the Soma Family of Churches and the lead teaching pastor at Doxa Church in Bellevue, Washington. When he isn't preaching or mentoring church planters, he and his family share life with their missional community. Following Mark ...
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Don’t Paint the Lawn –
Multiple summers I have come home from vacation to massive spots in my lawn that are completely parched. I am not referring to small spots that can be corrected with a few patches of grass; I mean embarrassingly ruined sections of my lawn.
One summer evening, after staring at ...
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When Strategy Trumps Discipleship –
Antione de Saint-Exupery, the French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator, once said, “If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
So ...
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5LQ Episode 7: Building a Great Organizational Culture –
"Organizational Culture" sounds like a buzzword of sorts and kind of a nebulous, indefinable one at that. What exactly is it? Is it important? In the latest episode of the 5 leadership Questions podcast Eric Geiger, the Vice President of the Resources Division at Lifeway, joins ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
4 Ways to Advance on the Leadership Pathway by Tony Morgan
"All leaders need intentional development to help them discover their capacity and grow to new levels."
10 Fine Lines of Church Leadership Tension by Chuck Lawless
"We need to live on the fine line that separates these ...
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4 Ways to “Flip the Classroom” in Your Church –
Common leadership dilemmas:
When’s the last time 100% of your leaders showed up at a training event?
Do you ever find yourself summarizing training for those who missed it?
How frequently do you hold orientation training for new leaders?
You wouldn’t have these problems if ...
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6 Best Books for Worship Pastors – Adam Crawford –
The Church Leaders “Best Books” series is our way of helping leaders find, read, and recommend books on a variety of important topics related to ministry and the Christian life. Check out the rest of our best books lists.
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Adam Crawford took the time to offer us six books ...
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5LQ Episode 6: Dave Ramsey –
Dave Ramsey is one of the best-known voices on personal finance in the world. His company, Ramsey Solutions, has helped millions of people get out of debt and learn budgeting and stewardship. He has written several New York Times best-sellers including More Than Enough, The Total ...
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Equip, Don’t Enable –
One of my great concerns for the church in America today is the consumer mentality that has become so pervasive. Unfortunately most pastors complain about it a lot but then propagate that reality in their churches unintentionally. Rather than equipping our people, we are enabling ...
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The Power of Gospel-Centered Teaching –
Watch this series of videos by Trevin Wax on the power of gospel-centered teaching in Bible study. He reminds viewers: Don't rush so quickly to application that you miss the gospel. He also addresses teaching the gospel to kids, presenting distinctively Christian material, and ...
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5LQ Episode 5: How to Make Meetings Less Painful –
Nobody likes meetings. That's because most meetings set out to accomplish nothing and succeed wonderfully. In this episode of the podcast hosts Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper and guest, Brad Lomenick, discuss 5 questions about how to make meetings less painful. As the former ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Telling, Not Showing by Seth Godin
"He created tension instead of relieving it."
How to Create a Social Media Strategy for Your Church by Darrel Girardier
"Strategy is what keeps you from wasting time by forcing to you map out a plan."
20 Lessons in 20 Years of Pastoral ...
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