In Psalm 15:1, King David, poses a question about character, “God, what do You look for in those who draw close to You?” As Christian leaders, we need to always be assessing our character to make sure it is of a heavenly standard.
Charles Stone
Here are four downsides to every message, announcement, meeting, or event being the most important one in human history, ever.
Eric Geiger
Are you new to ministry? If so, there are some things that you should know and do.
Brandon Kelley
An outreach for the sake of outreach is still good works, and an outreach for Christ’s sake is edifying and glorifying to God ‒ but what if we utilize and then measure the initiative for greater purposes?
Matthew Fretwell
We can see it everywhere in the Bible, from the unfolding of God’s Triune nature to His establishment of His church. God’s design is for teams!
Malcolm Webber
We are quick to label people based on our own personality and standards, and one of the big divides is between those who are people-oriented versus those who are much more task-oriented.
Mike Bonem
Jesus could have used any kind of power in His leadership, but He chose to be a servant.
Malcolm Webber
I deeply believe that the culture of your organization matters. The environment you create in your organization is either attracting or repelling. And as leaders, we set the tone for the culture.
Jenni Catron
I’ve learned in leading change there are a few common objections to change. If you know a change is necessary, understanding why someone is objecting may help you respond accordingly.
Ron Edmondson
Reach out to your community and live. Or, neglect it and die. It’s really that simple.
Thom S. Rainer
I am convinced that God has His dreams for our ministries, just as He has for us as individuals, and that He is willing to download them to us, at least in a “fuzzy” form.
Brian Thorstad
I’ve observed explosive lies beneath the surface bring devastating fallout to friends, family, ministries, and a watching world. Here are three of those lies.
Eric Geiger
Hurry and noise and incessant busyness are enemies of a healthy spiritual life.
Charles Stone
Amid everything else Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age attempts to accomplish, at its base, it helps the spiritual leader see that our modern society has come to embrace “self-sufficient humanism.”
John Starke
Remember, it’s not about winning or being right; it’s about God’s glory.
Mark Altrogge
Strategic decisions are a discipline and a practice; but leaders, the better decisions we make, the better our organizations will be. Let’s be strategic.
Ron Edmondson
Jesus taught “Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much” (Luke 16:10). Those who are not faithful in the important aspects of leadership now likely won’t be later.
Eric Geiger
The big deal Jesus made about gratefulness in the one leper (and the lack thereof in the nine), points to the high value He places on a grateful heart. I believe leaders above all should evidence a grateful heart. Evaluate your level of gratefulness against these three gratefulness indicators.
Charles Stone
As a leader, you have a certain set of standards for those you lead. Those standards basically revolve around your followers being disciplined.
Joseph Lalonde
How do we reach across cultural divides? How can we really listen?
Jim Brenneman