By Thom Rainer
I am writing this article on my 62nd birthday.
Yeah, I’m a real party animal.
Let me shoot straight. I have so much for which to be thankful. God has blessed me immeasurably, none of which I deserve. If my ministry were to end today through death or disability, ...
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Succession
The Benefits of Succession At Every Level –
Every role in your church is an interim position. Life happens. Someone gets sick, moves away, or gets burned out from being on point every week. True succession planning focuses on leadership reproduction, not replacement.
Imagine it’s Saturday at 8pm and you’re the preschool ...
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4 Types of Succession in the Church –
Most churches and organizations plan for succession in their leadership pipeline. However, many only focus on senior leadership roles. Odds are strong that succession in all levels of your leadership pipeline occurs more often than you realize.
Has a volunteer or leader in your ...
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Pipeline 2016: What’s Next? –
Pastors overwhelmingly agree that developing leaders is crucial to the success of their ministries. But did you know that less than 30% of pastors actually have a plan in place to develop their staffs? And only 1 in 4 churches require leaders and volunteers to attend ...
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Church Leadership and Succession –
by Todd Adkins
A critical part of leadership is recognizing that your fruit grows on other people’s trees. Fruitful leadership focuses on the responsibility of healthy leadership reproduction as the primary way to cultivate ministry expansion. You are not successful as a leader ...
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10 Diagnostic Questions To Help Determine At What Age Should A Pastor Retire? –
by Thom S. Rainer
There are a lot of us Baby Boomer pastors and Christian leaders around. And it’s cliché, but we aren’t getting any younger. It’s a quiet question that many are asking, but they are asking it nonetheless: What age should I retire?
Instead of responding with a ...
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