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7 Tidbits of Advice for Young Pastors

This is good advice for all ages (and not just pastors), but the majority of questions I receive are from younger pastors. I’m not sure what it says about us older pastors but it has been true in my ministry that the younger a pastor is, the more willing to heed advice.

Ron Edmondson

Church is a Leadership Factory

The church ought to see itself as a leadership factory that stirs up the gifts of God in people, not an auditorium that gathers people behind a leader. Jesus did not build His Church by recruiting the 12 brightest from the rabbi’s list of “up and coming stars” and platforming them in large stadiums around the world. His disciples were mostly blue-collar workers with little to no formal theological training.

J.D. Greear

Building and Training: What is the Difference?

Although we should aspire to train and build, my encouragement is that we continue to focus on building life in people and by doing so, we will end up transforming people in the long haul.

Raj Chelvaraj

Great Leaders are Great Observers

Many of the leaders I’ve known aren’t too quick to speak, despite their many years of life. They have a quiet confidence about them and an inner security in who they are. They look at the people and world around them with curiosity and they listen more than they talk.

Adrian Pei

How to Recover After You’ve Made a Leadership Mistake

I have often watched leaders struggle to recover from a mistake made that probably didn’t have to be as personally or professionally damaging to them as it was. They simply didn’t respond well enough and it cost them more than it should have.

Ron Edmondson

Great Answers or Great Questions?

Four questions I love to ask, and three unexpected benefits that come with them.

Adrian Pei

Do You Like Playing with Dominos?

Leadership can be fun and frustrating all at the same time. If you and your team are struggling with the uncertainties of leadership, the principles and questions in this post will help you reset your perspective.

Dan Lovaglia

Leading with Love on the Line

Every significant moment in history was led by leaders who were committed to another way. Leaders who acted counter-culturally. Leaders who selflessly did what was right rather than what was popular or comfortable.

Jenni Catron

3 Steps for Introducing Change Every Leader Needs to Know

These three steps will help you evaluate every new or foreign idea to anticipate if it is a good fit for your organization, and then determine how exactly it will affect your vision, strategy, and values.

Paul Sohn

3 Dangers of WYSIWYG Leadership

There’s a misnomer that it’s always a good thing when someone says, “What you see is what you get,” especially when it comes to ministry leadership. If you’re encountering any of these three dangers, it’s time to deal with what’s really going on.

Dan Lovaglia

Leading Without Agendas

A professor of spirituality and ministry discovers that trust grows when leaders notice and release their own agendas.

L. Roger Owens

Seven Costs of Disciple-Making

Perhaps what might help us over our hurdles is not to hide how costly disciple-making is, but to be utterly honest and explicit about the costs, and hold them out in the light for us to see, and then find whether something in us might just rise to the peculiar glory of it all.

David Mathis

Seven Essential Priorities for Your Physical Health

As Christian leaders in God’s house, I hope these seven essential priorities help you to make the improvements that are within your power to make. God knows, we need healthier, stronger, leaner, more flexible leaders who can stay the course! You can absolutely improve your health!

Nick Franks

The Question to Stop Asking Your People

How can I help you? On face value it appears to be a great question which explains why it’s one that’s also so commonly used within church leadership or management strategy: it seems to be servant-hearted, empowering and supportive. However, the reality is that this question is something of a foolish wolf in sheepish disguise.

Nick Franks

A Letter from an Emerging Leader

Discipleship of the emerging leader is as crucial as a lion nurturing his offspring or a father his child, but it goes deeper than a father to child relationship. It is much broader than teaching skills or fine-tuning character. Malcolm has written a letter that goes straight to the heart of discipleship and what emerging leaders need from those more experienced leaders.

Malcolm Webber