Leaders

Three Temptations Leaders Must Fight Daily

John Owen strongly challenged: “Be killing sin or sin will be killing you.” Overcoming temptation is active, not passive. Here are three temptations leaders must fight against daily.

Eric Geiger

I Work for Jesus, but I Still Wonder if He Really Loves Me

God’s love hadn’t looked over the years how I expected it to, and this failed unspoken expectation had opened a door for me to believe a lie about God’s very character.

Abuk Cross

12 Indications a Church is Making Disciples

I’ve often heard people say you can’t measure discipleship. I don’t know if that’s true. Granted, it’s still going to be subjective, as is this post, but I believe the Bible gives us clear indications someone has been discipled.

Ron Edmondson

Listening to God at Work

A lot of people are very fearful of trying to bring discernment into management decisions. But our own intellect may not be enough in making decisions.

Rick James

7 Ways to Share Power

Exemplary leaders accomplish great things by enabling others to take ownership of and responsibility for the organization’s success.

Malcolm Webber

The One Thing We Forget About Leadership

There must be a balance between vision and performance, between leadership and management, and between change and continuity.

Mike Mowery

Leaders: Go for God’s Highest!

Leaders do not follow where the path may lead; they go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.

Malcolm Webber

A Few Thoughts About Giving Advice

Giving advice is a tricky task. A lot of times people aren’t actually searching to hear what you have to say about a given situation. They want you to listen so they can think out loud. Occasionally, someone will open up and vulnerably ask for your opinion on a situation. Here are a few suggestions to keep in mind if you find yourself in [...]

Stephen Vaughn

The Call Is Not Enough

The call to mission bids us entry into our own pain, to engage with our own brokenness and wounds that have remained untended. The call is not enough.

Ryan Kuja

5 Questions that Reveal your Leadership Strengths

Kevin Cashman lists several questions that can help reveal where our leadership strengths lie. In this article, these five questions have been adapted. I suggest reading these questions slowly and reflectively every day for the next five days.

Charles Stone

5 Ways Successful Church Leaders Think Differently

Successful church leaders naturally think differently than the majority of church leaders. It’s one of the things that set them apart. The good news is you can learn to think just like them. Here are five ways successful church leaders think differently.

Paul Alexander

God in the Chaos

Perhaps as a leader I should expect to learn from God more in the storms of life rather than in the peaceful, quiet times. What would you say, Mary?

Sven-Erik Fjellström

Leaders Know: Rest

We can be more productive if we take time to rest.

Ben Marshall

Clarify Your Rally Cry

I’ve been reflecting on the value of being crystal clear about what matters most. It’s an ongoing leadership exercise for me. While most personal resolutions remain short-lived, children’s ministry calls for a higher standard. Churches must never be okay with dropping the ball on this one. The lives of kids, families, and leaders are on [...]

Dan Lovaglia

Leaders Know: Delegation

The healthy leader ponders the tension, and looks for ways to give away responsibility. The healthy leader actively pursues delegating.

Ben Marshall

Do You Teach the Fear of God to Your Flock?

We, the church leaders, teach so many truths such as salvation, victorious Christian life, worship, prayer, evangelism, giving to the Lord etc., to our congregations, but do we teach them the fear of God?

Abraham Jebaveeran

How Jesus Built a Thriving Culture

Follow these six core principles from the life and teachings of Jesus, and you will build a great culture in your organization. You may not change the world, but you will change your company.

Ken Gosnell

The Primary Principle to Be an Effective Church Leader

Underneath the cool of the giant mango trees, I sat with them until late into the night. I patiently listened to their grievances with one another. While I was thousands of miles from my home ‒ deep in the jungle ‒ I felt as if I were in the middle of an American church business meeting ‒ division, bitterness, self-pride, and control. [...]

Matthew Fretwell