Strategy, Method, And Analysis For Church Leaders
In a recent post, Michael Hyatt tells the story of 46 penguins at the San Francisco Zoo and how they’re impacted by 6 new penguins from Ohio. I’ll let you read the post yourself, but basically it’s about how the 6 new penguins “influence” the other 46 by doing nothing but behaving in a different [...]
(Image curtesy of JenniCatron.Tv) I recently read, and very much enjoyed, a feature article in Church Executive Magazine, on Jenni Catron, Executive Pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN. I’ve connected with Jenni over the last couple of days and am working on helping her to connect with the 90+ other Independent Christian Church [...]
I’ve talked with many church leaders in my travels and have ongoing contact with many as well. One of the “areas of challenge” that comes up from time to time is what the church leadership should do about divisive people in the church. We’ve managed to document a number of policies and procedures around here [...]
I’m learning of more and more churches that make it a policy to hire staff that doesn’t attend their church. I find this very interesting. Tim Stevens, in his post Work Here? Attend Here says it’s about avoiding conflict. While I appreciate his opinion and am sure this is often the case, I have a [...]
Leadership boils down to what we do, not the results of a spiritual gifts assessment or Myers-Briggs survey. These are good tools to help evaluate an individual and their leadership “potential,” but they do not tell us whether or not a person is good at leadership. Going to school, no matter how advanced the degree(s) [...]
I remember working with a group of employees on the manufacturing floor (many years ago) in an attempt to improve efficiency through a better layout and organization of the workspace. I made a very interesting observation that, I believe, illustrates the significance of our responsibility to our staffs and organizations as leaders. I spent a [...]
Since accepting the opportunity to become CCV’s Executive Pastor way back in April of 2004, one of the things I do every year, without fail, is attend the Executive Pastors’ Summit. I’m not sure why, but regardless of our financial state (one time I “threatened” to pay for the trip myself!) being a part of [...]
The success or failure of an enterprise is almost entirely dictated by how well the senior leadership of the organization creates a healthy culture. That’s a bold statement, I know, but it’s painfully true. Read on … A while back I wrote a series of blog posts on the topic of Leadership Fundamentals. Basically I [...]
Yesterday’s gathering of independent Christian church leaders from the northeast was a HUGE success! There were almost 80 in attendance, participating in breakout discussions on various ministry topics including a session for Senior Pastors led by Rick Stedman, the keynote speaker. During and following lunch, leaders shared experiences and details of recent church plant successes [...]
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