Who Will Take Your Place?
Who should you be investing in and preparing to lead the ministry you lead?
Join the discussion about the development and encouragement of local church leaders.
Who should you be investing in and preparing to lead the ministry you lead?
Leaders, how is your self-esteem doing? Can you stand alone on an issue when you need to? Can you confront and hold accountable — pastors, classis leaders, and denominational personnel — when they have wronged others?
Being a people pleaser is not leadership. If you as a pastor or church leader find yourself trying to accommodate nearly every issue that comes your way or you have become a “ yessum ” to nearly every question or concern by others, reevaluating your need to be liked is a must.
Here are some characteristics of a narcissistic pastor.
Helping pastors manage their ADHD and using accountability are ways you, his church leaders, can help your ADHD pastors be more successful at what they do.
One prevalent problem in our churches is disappearance of people from age 18 to 30. Even the most active youth group kids seem to go away to college and virtually disappear off of the congregations' radar.
When I was in my final year of seminary in 2010, I had heard that churches weren't allowed to call a pastor until after she/he was approved as a candidate for ministry by Synod. But really ... no one follows this. Why not just lift this formality of candidacy and go look for a pastor?
Let me offer a couple tips for both aspiring leaders and folks who train leaders.
ChapterNext is an organization that works on behalf of both a church's search committee as well as individual pastors. Some might refer to Rev. Dr. Sam Hamstra as either a 'headhunter' or a 'matchmaker.'
This first article in a series of 4 by Ed Stezer explores how each of us plays a critical role in creating a culture where passionate kingdom builders can boldly explore the multiplication opportunities to which they feel called.
In this wonderfully biblical and practical resource Karen Wilk puts her finger on where the established church has strayed from developing leaders the way that Jesus did.
This book presents a incredibly comprehensive vision for how pastors and ministry leaders can adapt to a post-Christian culture without abandoning orthodox theology.
"If we make disciples like Jesus made them, we'll never have a problem finding leaders or seeing new people coming to faith " - Mike Breen
"Making it look easy takes a lot of practice" say Matt Smay and Hugh Halter about incarnational life and missional community. "A workbook alone won't get the job done...It also includes learning to take personal responsibility for your own calling."
What difference should being Christ-followers make to how we develop leaders? What measuring sticks are we using to determine if it is being done well?
A framework of scriptural leadership competencies and their contemporary equivalents based on an exegesis of 1 Timothy 3 by Matthew Kutz, the Administrative Director for the Foundation Stone Christian Center, Northwood, OH.
An exegesis of 1 Timothy 3 that results in a list of Biblical Leadership Qualifications and their contemporary equivalents divided into Attitudes, Behaviors and Competencies, including what's not on the list.
In this book Saccone shows how you can raise up leaders from within your own community and develop them into passionate, faithful servants of God.
Continuing the legacy of and influence of Francis Schaeffer with new research and findings.