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Who Will Take Your Place?
Who should you be investing in and preparing to lead the ministry you lead?
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September 18, 2010
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Traits: Self-Esteem
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?
September 20, 2010
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Traits: Conflict Avoider?
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.
September 21, 2010
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Traits: Narcissistic Leader
Here are some characteristics of a narcissistic pastor.
September 21, 2010
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Traits: ADHD 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.
October 25, 2010
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The Gap: Young Adult Leadership
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.
September 26, 2011
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When a pastor leaves a church, for any reason, what are the implications for church staff?
When a pastor leaves a church, for any reason, such as taking a call to another church, retirement, leaving the ministry, what are the implications for the remaining staff at that church? How do they continue doing ministry? Do they now have a new "leader?" Where do they look for direction? If you have experienced that situation and could guide others going through it, I'd like to hear from you, and I think others would, too. Are there resources, such as articles or books, that might inform that time of transition? This topic came up at a recent meeting of the Staff Ministry Committee (SMC)...
September 5, 2011
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What are your three principles for running a good "vision meeting?"
I am just starting to run meetings at my church and I am definitely looking for advice. What are your three principles for running a good, two hour vision meeting? John Burden, Providence Church, Holland Mi
June 23, 2011
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Is there a central website where those interested in CRC Leadership Development Networks can share best practices?
I am just wondering if there is a central website where those who are interested in CRC Leadership Development Networks can share best practices and the like when it comes to ministry training. I would love to hear updates, celebrations, etc. from those who have felt God's call on their lives to be more involved in ministry.I hear LDNs referred to occasionally, but is there a central online "meetingplace" for those involved?
January 26, 2011
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Who has information on how to handle the training and support for the Council/Elder chairman?
To be council chair or officer can be a daunting and lonely task - especially for your first time. We are forming an area group of leaders from 6 to 8 local churches. We are seeking input and/or materials to help us be more effective in our roles and to train our replacements and get them up to speed so that they can be more effective right from the start of their tenure. There seems to be a couple of key elements that would be most helpful in carrying out these duties effectively; a) to provide continuity to the leadership and vision of the council with the scheduled "churn" of 1/3 of the...
January 17, 2012
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Recruiting Pastors in Seminary
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?
February 6, 2013
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Catch & Release Leadership Development
Let me offer a couple tips for both aspiring leaders and folks who train leaders.
January 3, 2014
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Leadership or Preaching? What is more important in the CRC?
I have heard from quite a few people lately that our churches lack vision. We don't know where we are going and if we do know, we can't agree on how to get there. If you had to choose between a leader who could preach or a preacher who could lead, what would you choose? What does our denomination need?
March 19, 2014
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Pastor, Are You Sure You're in the Right Church?
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.'
April 30, 2014
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Supporting Leaders with Kingdom Vision: From Denomination to Local Body
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.
May 15, 2014
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Don't Invite Them to Church
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.
May 16, 2014
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Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
This book presents a incredibly comprehensive vision for how pastors and ministry leaders can adapt to a post-Christian culture without abandoning orthodox theology.
May 16, 2014
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Building a Discipling Culture
"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
May 23, 2014
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An Eight-Week Guide to Incarnational Community
"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."
June 5, 2014
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What Does Leadership Development Mean to You?
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?
June 12, 2014
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What is Your Biblical Framework for Leadership Competencies?
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.
June 16, 2014
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Leadership Competencies: A Biblical Framework
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.
June 19, 2014
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Protege: Developing Your Next Generation of Church Leaders
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.
June 19, 2014
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The Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development
Continuing the legacy of and influence of Francis Schaeffer with new research and findings.