By Todd Adkins
How do you create clarity and alignment in your church structure? My team has had the privilege of walking church leaders through our leadership pipeline process around the United States as well as in Australia and India. I can tell you that it’s fairly easy to ...
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Pastors
Ministry Tension, Part 2
By Brad Hambrick
If you missed Part 1, you may read the article here.
What do we, as ministry leaders, do when Romans 13 overlaps with Matthew 18? What do we do when there are civil responsibilities and pastoral responsibilities for the same people and events? Even by ...
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Ministry Tension, Part 1
By Brad Hambrick
When you hand a surgeon a blade, they think “scalpel.” When you hand a fisherman a blade, they think “filet.” When you hand a chef a blade, they think “julienne.” While the shape of the knife should make it obvious what it is for, you get the point — the role ...
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Six Ways to Train Young Adults to Serve in Ministry
By Steven Ackley
Many churches vocalize frustrations that few young adults participate and serve in the life of their church. But, if you’re not willing to train and place young adults in significant places of service, you can almost guarantee that they will not show up. And ...
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Outreach Ideas for Your Church’s 2020 Calendar
By Jason Daye
Outreach is about building bridges to your community to effectively share the gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s about developing relationships and making disciples. The great thing about bridges is that they go two ways. You should be sending people out into your ...
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What is Leadership Pipeline?
By Todd Adkins
Far too often in our churches, we think it’s the job of the pastor and church staff to develop volunteers and leaders when there’s a gap in ministry. This leads us to focus on leadership placement over leadership development. We settle for warm bodies instead of ...
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