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The One-Minute Prayer of a Steward Leader

Meaningful time with God can be found in the Sabbath moments that punctuate our day – if we are willing to look for them and treat them in that way. How do we best consecrate these islands of solace in our seas of tumult? I suggest we have ready a one-minute prayer.

Scott Rodin

That’s North

Dennis Fletcher

Is Your Leadership More Than Words?

If you want to be the kind of leader whose organization is on the cutting edge, stop asking for someone to give you an answer you already know. Great leaders have the courage to act!

Mike Mowery

Characteristics of a Leader

The more you know about leadership, the more you practice it. The more you integrate it into your life, the faster and the farther you go.

John Ramstead

9 Traits of Excellent Church Leaders

If we strive to be excellent leaders, we must be intentional and passionate about serving Christ and His church ‒ moving forward, engaging culture. Leaders are born, but they can also be developed.

Matthew Fretwell

How to Get Through the Tough First Times In Leadership

People are so often thrust into roles where they’re leading people without being taught the skills or given the support to do it well. So many leadership programs are aimed at senior leaders rather than the first time or newish leader. Here are some things Suzi learned from her first time experiences.

Suzi McAlpine

A Healthy Organization Needs Both Leaders and Managers!

Managers and leaders are different. What do we do with this information?

Malcolm Webber

Leader on a Island

Tim Walburg

Small May Be Big Enough

Never sell yourself short. In God’s economy the least becomes the greatest. Don’t fall into the trap of seeing worth only in the big. Small may be big enough.

Julie Sunne

How Devotionals Almost Broke Up My Marriage

Being a leader approved by God is different from being a leader put in a position by God. Sometimes, when God is training a spiritual leader, He will let us fall on our faces because we can see Him better from that position.

Jess MacCallum

Leaders and Managers in the Bible

The Bible carries definite distinctions between leaders and managers. What does Scripture have to say about the differences?

Malcolm Webber

The Church’s Dirty Little Secret

Immature believers abound, and that’s all right. Babies must complete all stages of development before they achieve maturity. But we should never put an infant in a place of leadership. Leaders must be adults in the faith if they are to be role models and examples to those coming after.

Joe McKeever

The Learning Organization

A river will curve with twists and turns in its path to the ocean seemingly without reason. Unlike a river, an organization should plan its curves and turns. Organizational theory tells you that the time for transition (or curving) is … always. Because if you wait until it starts to happen, you are too late. By the time you go through [...]

Peter Ochs

Your God Moment

Tim Walburg

Recommitting to the Call

If you feel that this is the place God wants you to be at the moment, recommit yourself to your role and thank Him for being there for you. If not, ask God where He wants you to be.

Elaine Vitikainen

4 Ways to Develop Bible Skills for Kids

If we wish to train up children who walk closely with God as they grow into adults, we must influence them to read and reference the Bible.

Eric Geiger

What Does It Mean to Be a Life-Giving Leader

We are experiencing a new day that requires a new kind of leader. This new kind of leader is life-giving.

Tim Elmore

Assumptions Ministry Leaders Make About Ownership

Many Christian workers make the mistake of assuming that they are earning shares in the ministries they work for through their hard work and dedication. It seems logical. God is the sole owner of the church. Always has been. Always will be. He paid for it with the priceless blood of Christ.

Brian Thorstad