Community

Articles in this category focus on rejoicing in the community of other believers, how to build and nurture community, and how to better reflect Jesus Christ to our brothers and sisters in the faith.

The Prison of Familiarity

When was the last time you changed your opinion positively about a fellow-worker in your ministry team? I wonder if I miss important insights and challenges because I have stopped listening to certain colleagues. I may be stuck with outdated opinions of people. I’m imprisoned by my familiarity.

Ahadu Gebreamlak

When Sheep Bite

Members of flocks might wish shepherds were more sensitive to their needs. But the reality is, when shepherds find their sheep can bite like wolves, they easily become too defensive to act in their own best interests, let alone that of their flocks. This is true not only of pastors, but Christian leaders of all sorts.

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!

How to Be Joyful in Your Leadership

As a biblical leader, I choose to model joy for the people I lead. By choosing to model joy, I hope my colleagues can see “work” and “vocation” as synonyms for joy.

How Leadership Is a Relationship

Leading isn’t strictly about getting the job done. Leading is about building relationships.

Are You Wise with Your Buckets of Influence?

Good leaders know when to use the right bucket. The most important thing for you to do as a leader is to use your influence to promote fairness, lawfulness, peace, empathy and real prosperity for everyone.

The Biggest Way People on Your Team Know You Value Them

How can a leader let each person on the team know they are valued? When people you serve sense that you are responding specifically to them they know they are valued. Here are four ways leaders should respond to each person on the team.

What I Wish I Had Known 20 Years Ago as a Pastor

If you are just starting out in ministry, here are five key lessons Charles Stone learned over the last 20 years as a pastor.

A Simple but Incredible Way to Reach Your Community and Grow

Tom’s church tried a unique way of reaching out to their church’s community. We gave each of our members attending a loaf of bread and asked them to give the bread to someone in their neighborhood or community.

Less Is More

Every dialogue can be either a competition, or a bond of connection with another person.

Take Responsibility for Your Own Feedback

Without feedback, your growth as a leader is stunted. But what if your boss or leader does not offer feedback? Or not enough of it? Here are three places to find valuable feedback.

Are You a Shepherd Warrior?

We can’t fight all the time; we need time for refreshment and encouragement. The warrior becomes a shepherd through his or her love and affirmation of the sheep.

The Culture of Mistrust

Trust is such a fragile commodity. It can easily be broken even before it is built. Yet we know trust is the foundation for healthy organizational behavior.

Elaine Vitikainen

Eight of the Most Common Worship Leading Mistakes

Here are eight of the most common worship leading mistakes that I’ve observed in my own ministry, and through friendships and experiences with lots of other worship leaders too.

Why Don’t We “Circle Back” More Often

Even if we make a mistake, it’s almost never too late to “try again.”

How to View God’s Weak, Flawed and Messy People

It’s easy to look at our brothers and sisters and see their warts and blemishes. Yet the perfect One, the holy One, the One without a single imperfection doesn’t look on His people the way we often do.

My Role in Changing Other People

I need to let God change people and even organizations. He is the potter and we are the clay.

Doreen Kwarimpa-Atim

Peace Within and Around

With God’s grace, we can be at peace wherever we are.

Priya Ashvita Raj Kumar

Learning from Jigsaw Puzzles

We sometimes wish that everybody else in the church was "just like me," but the things that make us different are actually a blessing.

Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

What happens in your organization when something goes wrong? If you are like most, the first question is often, "Whose fault is it?"