Five Kinds of Power
Leadership âpowerâ is a capacity to influence others. There are five primary methods of doing this â but only one motivates authentic trust.
Malcolm Webber
Perspectives
Articles in this category are written on various topics from the perspective of the writer.
Malcolm Webber
The Interruptions Are Your Work
What if we saw interruptions as the real purpose of our lives? What if we saw them as a gift â an opportunity to be open to what God would have us do in that moment?
Rick James
Lessons Learned through Listening in China
Foreigners often have access to hearts that are afraid to open up to friends, family, and even church members. May God help us all to be âquick to hearâ and âslow to speak,â (James 1:19), that we may better express the love of God, who invites us to âpour out [our] heart before Himâ (Psalm 62:8).
DR. G. Wright Doyle
8 Mistakes We Make On Short-Term Mission Trips
We have an incredible opportunity to âgoâ in wisdom and with excellence because our King deserves our best.
Shane Pruitt
How to Say No to a Wonderful Opportunity
Saying âno,â even when you really want to do this, is going to require everything in you. Saying ânoâ when your ego and ambition and âsense of selfâ are all clamoring to seize this invitation is going to say worlds about your self-discipline and focus. Here are four thoughts on the subject.
Joe McKeever
How an Unknown Leadership Rock Star Changed the World
This article is a reflection on the life of Robert Walter, a Christian leader of courage, heart and brains.
Brent Hoover
What Did I Expect?
What do you hope to be different five years from now; how will you plan it into being?
Corey Olynik
Design: Turns More Deeply to God in Times of Suffering, Drawing Peace and Strength From Him.
Do you have difficulty turning more deeply to God in times of suffering? We can help.
Malcolm Webber
The Best Leaders are Broken Leaders
I donât mean that weâre âbrokenâ in the sense that weâre rendered useless by our imperfections. The opposite is actually true. Weâre made more useful, and we discover our greatest purpose through our pain and suffering.
Brandon Cox
Are you a visionary leader?
Sometimes it is difficult to implement visionary leadership into our day-to-day tasks. However, visionary leadership is biblical leadership.
Fred Noble
7 Bottlenecks a Leader Must Avoid
Leaders should aim to never be a bottleneck in the process of building a healthy and growing organization. Here are seven bottlenecks a leader must avoid.
Ron Edmondson
Reasons to Make Waves When Introducing Change
Though leaders are responsible for maintaining peace, it is also their job to occasionally be the architects of plans that disrupt status quo and complacency. If you want to affect change, consider these three reasons why you should first start by dropping a well-placed pebble in the pond.
Phil Wood
5 Roadblocks of Good Leadership
Itâs the roadblocks in leadership which we can avoid that tend to be most damaging. They detract from growth and destroy organizational health. If they arenât addressed, it can set some leaders back months, years, even an entire career.
Ron Edmondson
Re-Considering 2020 as âPure Joyâ? Seriously?
As our idols come into the light we may be better able to let them go. 2020 can lead us to an appreciation of life, restored relations with those around us, recognizing personal strengths we did not know we had and realization of new possibilities. Such post-traumatic growth can be considered as pure joy.
Rick James
6 Reasons Churches are Taking Too Long to Find a New Pastor
More and more churches are struggling because they are going longer periods of time without a pastor. So why are search committees and appointment processes taking so much longer? I see six clear reasons.
Thom S. Rainer
Rip Currents and Leadership
Leaders are constantly dealing with their own version of rip currents â unseen, powerful forces that will pull them away from where God is leading them and their church or ministry. The force may be direct opposition that comes from within or outside the organization. Or it may be the subtler temptation to take the easy path.
Mike Bonem
6 Ways Leading a Worship Team Is Like Leading a Church
Whether weâre leading the whole church or just the band, leadership requires our best selves and Godâs amazing, Spirit-given grace.
Brian Thorstad
Biblical Values That Create Raving Fans
Satisfied âcustomersâ â Despite the many books and blogs, conferences and coaches that offer opinions on this topic, this holy grail still eludes the grasp of most companies. Why? Perhaps, the most effective solution is not found in organizational leadership, but spiritual leadership. What we need is the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians [...]
Robert Netzly
The Strategic Nature of Cities and the Unreached at Our Doorstep
As YWAM Minneapolis began pondering their location, they realized that one base for the city is not enough and not even relevant to the needs that God has brought to their doorstep. God is bringing the fields of harvest to our doorstep.
Timothy Svoboda