By Aaron Shamp
Why did God call Gideon to be Israel’s deliverer? Obviously, the Midianites and Amalekites were oppressing Israel, and the people needed relief from their distress. But why did God call Gideon to fill that leadership role?
One of my favorite verses in the Old ...
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Organizational Health
It’s Not Too Late To Start Your Fall Volunteer Training!
By Dan Iten
Back to school is underway and that means a new season of ministry has either started or will soon begin for your church as we enter into the fall. While we might have had big plans to use the summer as an opportunity to start large projects or finally get to ...
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What Is Organizational Culture? –
The idea of organizational culture seems obscure and difficult to define at first glance, especially in the church world. A more formal definition of organizational culture might be “the underlying assumptions and beliefs shared by a group of people that operate unconsciously in ...
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The Code of Leadership Pipeline Construction –
By Rob Jacobs
Nearly 2000 years before Jesus, the then king of Old Babylon developed the first law code for Mesopotamia. His name was Hammurabi, and his laws are known to us today as “The Code of Hammurabi.” One of the clauses of the code called for people to be put to death if ...
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7 Personality Types of Sick Churches –
by Thom Rainer
Sick churches become dying churches.
Dying churches become closed churches.
Those statements are factual unless some type of change or intervention takes place. But intervention or change is unlikely unless the church recognizes that it is sick.
In simple ...
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3 Leadership Lessons We Need to Learn from the Past –
by Selma Wilson
Most people see history as a waste of time. It’s not always exciting to hear stories about the past, and many reserve this for the older generation. It’s true that glamorizing the past can leave you longing to go back rather than forward. But ignoring the past ...
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