Team Design: Abiding in Christ
Dive deeply into abiding in Christ with your team with this half-day, outdoor design.

Dive deeply into abiding in Christ with your team with this half-day, outdoor design.
The power of the “one-another life” is undeniable. Yet as Christian leaders, although we recommend it to others, we are prone to wander from its reality and our unique need of it. But Jesus’ invitation into true community remains for every leader, no matter how busy or mature one may be.
A lesson on the life-changing power of solitude for Christian leaders.
Leaders are forever facing complex decisions that sometimes carry heavy consequences. Brent Hoover unpacks a singular strategy for approaching these decisions.
Busy leaders need retreats from time to time in order to remain healthy. But how do we design such opportunities for refreshment for our leaders?
Seminar #3 in the Resilience! series for building strength into Christian leaders. All leadership moments are emotional! Just ask those you lead. Emotions affect our lives as Christian leaders and followers each day — but how often do we recognize them? How should we live with those raw feelings of loneliness, anger, fear or sorrow [...]
This article is a reflection on the life of Robert Walter, a Christian leader of courage, heart and brains.
When God wants to shape a man’s soul He often calls him to solitude. If we want to know God, and grow more in Christ-like character, faith and power we will follow Jesus and intentionally put ourselves into solitude with Him. And as time goes by we will begin to enjoy it and even long for it.
I have learned once again that our “work “is truly God’s work. And we are used by him to accomplish his purposes in his way and his time.
How can a leader truly shape the life of a follower of Jesus? Here are five things we all need that God will use to holistically transform us. Be real. You are a child of God going through your own growth process in this fallen world. Your strengths are a part of you but so […]
While multi-tasking might feel like you are getting more done, you are actually getting less done and possibly doing long-term damage to your brain.
True discipleship involves giving followers real life opportunities to rise or fall while drawing them ever closer to their teacher who loves them, guides them, exhorts, and passes on his wisdom to them.
Knowing the thoughts and trends of potential churchgoers is not bad in itself. Yet how much attention and how quickly churches are apt to change their approaches to living out the gospel in light of such knowledge is tragic.
Many churches have lost one important thing in the pursuit of becoming missional – a true dependency on the all-sufficiency of the Bible. Following attractional, missional, or invitational models, churches become derailed from the central purpose that Scripture gives believers – knowing God by His Spirit in a Christ-centered community.
If you had to boil it down to two qualities that you really need in a pastor, what would they be? We all have personal preferences but here are two indispensable qualities that form the essence of a leader.