by Drew Dixon
What is the single greatest barrier to your ministry fulfilling its mission? The answer just might be that you’re making too many attempts at fulfilling the mission. Take a look at your ministry’s schedule for this year, this month, and this week. How many trips, ...
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Fighting Blue Monday: Be Helpful, Not Great –
by Doug Hankins
Blue Monday.
If you are a ministry leader at any level of the local church, then you are familiar with something like a “Blue Monday.” In a preaching ministry, Blue Monday is the Monday after Sunday when a pastor reviews the past Sunday’s sermon and begins to ...
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5 Best Books in Christian Biography – Thomas Kidd –
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.
Thomas Kidd stops by to offer a list of the five best ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Dispatch from America's Most Bible-Minded City by Collin Hansen
"Then and now, only one thing transcends black and white, crimson and orange in Birmingham. Love for the Bible. Last week the American Bible Society (ABS) announced that Birmingham is the most “Bible-minded” city in ...
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5 Best Books on Spiritual Disciplines – Nathan Finn –
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.
Nathan Finn joins us today to offer his five favorite ...
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3 Things You Miss When Your Groups Aren’t Aligned –
by Brandon Hiltibidal
I’m sure growing up you experienced the feeling of knowing everyone else was at some glorious, talk-about-what-happened-for-years sort of party while you sat at home in your Ninja Turtle pajamas playing GameBoy, eating frozen yogurt, and talking to your ...
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5 Best Books for Moms – Gloria Furman –
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.
Today we have Gloria Furman offering her favorite books ...
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Considering Theo-Foundational Evangelism –
by Matt Manry
Two books that I have read over the past few weeks have had to do with epistemology (Theology’s Epistemological Dilemma by Kevin Diller) and evangelism (The Unbelievable Gospel by Jonathan Dodson). And for some reason, one has been resonating in my mind ever since ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Sunday Morning in America Still Segregated – and That’s OK With Worshipers by Bob Smietana
"Sunday morning remains one of the most segregated hours in American life, with more than 8 in 10 congregations made up of one predominant racial group."
How Preachers Read the Bible for ...
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Disciple-Making on Their Turf –
by David Mathis
Once upon a time, evangelism happened on the church’s own soil. She stood at the center of society. Most unbelieving Westerners had grown up in or around her, and felt some measure of comfort or nostalgia coming to a church building.
Occasionally, we might ...
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What Makes a Humble Leader? –
Jeff Iorg, President of Golden Gate Theological Seminary, talks about his new book and the humility of a leader.
This video is courtesy of Ministry Grid, a revolutionary, new platform for training church leaders. It’s simple and customizable with a vast scope of ...
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