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Are You Filled with Righteous Frustration? –
In their now classic work, The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner wrote, “More than anything else, leadership is about creating a new way of life. Leaders must accept the responsibility for making change happen.” Leadership and change are inexorably related.
When God raises ...
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5 Steps to Provide Direction to Your Bible Study Groups –
By Ken Braddy
Several years ago my oldest son began his college education. The one question the academic advisor never asked him was, "So, what courses would you like to take?" She never said something like, "Here at our university, just take whatever you like and we'll give you ...
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Pursue Emotionally Healthy Boundaries: Ministry Fence Post No.2 –
In the introduction to this series, I talked about how your schedule is not the primary problem that leads to burn out, rather it was not setting healthy boundaries in your ministry. Last time, I said the first "post" in your ministry boundary fence is to recognize your role in ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Learning from Buzzfeed by Justin Wise
"We are uniquely positioned to offer a message of eternal hope, and if we create the opportunities to live that out—serving our communities, restoring beauty to what’s been broken, breaking bread, laughing, crying, connecting—through Christ, ...
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Creating a Culture for Coaching –
Bill Donahue, formerly the director of Leadership Development and Small Groups at the Willow Creek Association, explains why it takes more than strategy to develop coaches — it takes an intentionally relational culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QMp63rOjs
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4 Reasons Church Leadership Is Tougher Than “The Real World” –
Before becoming one of the vice-presidents of Lifeway, I served on church staff teams for 17 years. I still serve as teaching pastor at a local church, but my responsibilities are far less than they were in the past. Many times I have heard businessmen in churches reference “the ...
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4 Principles for Building a High-Performing Team –
Have you ever stopped to count how many teams you’ve served on or led throughout the years? Take a minute and try to count just within the last five years. I think you’ll find it a challenge. Teams come in all shapes and sizes — from a softball team to an executive team. Any team ...
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Recognize Your Role in the Church: Ministry Fence Post No. 1 –
In the first post of this series, I began a discussion on the importance of pastors establishing healthy boundaries in ministry.
As it's an area in which I have personally struggled, and one in which I continue to grow, I'm passionate about sharing what I have learned in order ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
5 Keys for Guiding Your People Through Cultural Conflict by Daniel Darling on Pastors Today
"How can God’s people, out of a desire for the flourishing of their neighbors and the advancing of God’s kingdom, winsomely shape the discussions going on in their spheres of ...
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