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Make a Decision!
When a decision about the future must be made, but information about the future is scarce, what's a church council to do? Here is some advice for getting through this leadership challenge.
Dave Den Haan
March 26, 2020
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Leading as a Non-Anxious Presence
Some thoughts on keeping your leadership sanity in a coronavirus environment.
March 24, 2020
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Elders and COVID-19
Here is a compilation of resources for elders as they try to navigate the Covid-19 environment.
March 23, 2020
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Revised: Suggestions for Elders in a Covid-19 Environment
How do you provide spiritual leadership in an environment in which you can't meet with people face to face? Here are some suggestions.
March 22, 2020
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Suggestions for Pastors Ministering in a Covid-19 Environment
COVID-19 brings special challenges to pastors. Here's how pastors can take care of themselves while trying to face them.
March 21, 2020
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Leadership and Covid-19
Here are some ways for you to find equipping and encouragement as you lead your church through a difficult environment.
September 17, 2019
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Elders and Conflict
I recently received an email from an office bearer who was heading into a council meeting; the third meeting devoted to a particularly thorny issue. What would you say to her?
September 12, 2019
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Council Devotions: A Year's Worth of Great Conversations
Does your church council talk regularly about the spiritual health of your congregation? Here is a set of twelve devotionals that will lead your elders and deacons to focus on your church's flourishing.
July 25, 2019
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What Do You Wish You Had Known When You Were First Installed?
I've been wanting elders and deacons to weigh in on this question: What do you wish you had known when you were first installed in office?
June 13, 2019
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The Coming Glory: Hope Now for Life After Death
"The Coming Glory" is a new book by Rev. Paul Swets that provides a straightforward and pastoral explanation of the hope that we find in scripture concerning death.
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Thanks for posting the invitation to the group, Bill.
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Hello everyone! And many thanks for your thoughts re: conflict. Eric, special thanks to you for starting off the responses by engaging each of the questions, doing so with wisdom and clarity. So...
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