When You Walk Through Fire
I don’t believe that Christians will never suffer or be sick if they have enough faith, for the Bible promises we will go through trials of many kinds. Yet we should not fear, for God will be with us.
Mark Altrogge
Be one. Build many.
Mark Altrogge
How to Foster “Aha” Moments in Your Team
Wise leaders encourage their teams to solve their problems with their own insight rather than with the leader’s insight. When a staff person or a volunteer brings a problem to us, it’s often easier and less time consuming to give them advice and solve their problem. Yet in the long run such a response can […]
Charles Stone
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
4 Ways to Spot an Interested Leader
It is far better to have people on your team who are interested than it is people who are constantly worrying about being interesting.
Eric Geiger
How to “Sing Like Never Before”
God is always blessing us, always extending new mercies to us, always stimulating us to new gratitude, so we can always “sing like never before.”
Jamie Brown
Dennis Fletcher A Design for Possessing Spiritual Authority That is Recognized by Others
Do you possess spiritual authority that is recognized by others? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber
7 Assumptions You May Be Guilty Of
As faithful stewards of all that has been entrusted to us by God, we owe it to those we lead to prove ourselves ‒ and them ‒ free of these assumptions.
Rob Streetman
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.
Charles Stone
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.
Eric Geiger
Encouragement for Suffering Saints: 1 Peter 3:21-4:11 – Part 2
Listen to our new episode of In the Word with Malcolm Webber!
Malcolm Webber
Worship Leading in Real Life
Worship leading in real life isn’t all that glamorous. It’s a weekly exercise in humility, servant-hood, leadership, patience, direction-giving, fire-extinguishing, and sometimes crisis managing, with a little bit of music thrown in.
Jamie Brown
How to Nurture a Christian Way of Life
How to form Christians today is unclear. The challenge is that the basic patterns of life have shifted in an increasingly digital and networked world. The new patterns have not fully emerged, but the shifts are as profound as the move from farm to factory in earlier generations.
Dave Odom
How Leaders Shape Organizational Culture – Part 1 – Video
A video course on organizational leadership
Malcolm Webber
Leading Without Agendas
A professor of spirituality and ministry discovers that trust grows when leaders notice and release their own agendas.
L. Roger Owens
John G. Lakes Letter to Elder Brooks, and His Reply
“The real vision is to see ‘Jesus only’ and to see nothing else.”
LeaderSource Team Member
Leaders and Managers in the Bible
The Bible carries definite distinctions between leaders and managers. What does Scripture have to say about the differences?
Malcolm Webber
7 Things Church Planters Want You to Know About Them
So, who is this man called to plant a church? Likely, he is nothing more than a follower of Jesus, called by God to “go” with nothing more than a vision that can only come from God. But when it comes down to it, he is just someone being obedient to the will of God, and really, that is all that matters.
Shane Pruitt
The Skills of the Spiritual Manager
It takes certain skill sets to be a good manager, and not all managers have the skills needed for the job yet.
Malcolm Webber
A Design for Meditating Regularly on God’s Word
Do you struggle to meditate regularly on God’s Word? This holistic design will help.
Malcolm Webber