Discipleship: Reversing the Course
Our view of discipleship is skewed. For this reason, the church is not developing leaders because it is not creating disciple-makers. We need to reverse the course.
Matthew Fretwell
Be one. Build many.
Matthew Fretwell
Healthy Leaders Choose Accountability
The task of Christian leadership comes with high standards – the highest, we would hope! Therefore, every emerging leader must learn to choose accountability.
Malcolm Webber
Tim Walburg Less of Everything
The world is now talking of “less” in almost every new innovation that is coming on the market.
Jonathan Mbuna
13 Questions to Discover Your Management Blind Spots
Every leader has a blind spot or two, or more. God is aware of our blind spots. He knows our weaknesses and vulnerabilities far more deeply than we do. This process cannot be achieved apart from the assistance of trusted friends and mentors who love us and love God.
Ralph Mayhew
7 Tidbits of Advice for Young Pastors
Of course, 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
Upcoming Building Healthy Leaders Training!
This November 19-22, LeaderSource will be hosting a training on building healthy leaders.
LeaderSource Team Member
Don’t Just Build Competencies, Build Healthy Leaders!
Too often, to our detriment, we only deal with competencies when building leaders.
Malcolm Webber
What it Means to Be a Leader of No Reputation
This is the sixth of seven blog posts that are excerpted from book, Steward Leader Meditations. It is my heartfelt prayer that this book of Scriptural texts, meditations, action steps and simple prayers will bless leaders on their journey toward kingdom faithfulness and effectiveness. Part 1 – Dear Leaders: Sell Everything – [...]
Scott Rodin
Dennis Fletcher To the Mentor: Mentors Don’t “Need” Protégés
Something felt, well, wrong about the whole thing. I had gone to him for advice, some professorial counsel about choices that lay before me, as I was nearly finished with my graduate studies. I had options, six options to be exact. And people who have had the fortune of finding themselves with more than one […]
Russell West
Two Views: Severance and Financial Support for a Fallen Leader
There are two different views on severance or financial support for a fallen ministry leader.
Eric Geiger
10 Reflections on Worship Leaders
The title varies (e.g., Minister of Music, Worship Pastor, Song Leader, etc.), but the task is generally the same. Here are some of things others have most affirmed about worship leaders, followed by concerns most often raised.
Chuck Lawless
How Do You Know God’s Calling for Your Life?
A leader must have a calling and a vision from God, or else he would be wise not to lead.
Malcolm Webber
How to Recover after You’ve Made a Leadership Mistake
I have often watched leaders struggle to recover from a mistake made that probably didn’t have to be as personally or professionally damaging to them as it was. They simply didn’t respond well enough and it cost them more than it should have.
Ron Edmondson
Why Jesus Let People Walk Away
In John 6, Jesus is being chased around the Sea of Galilee by a large crowd. He’s healed terrible diseases, fed thousands with a few loaves and fishes, and taught with great authority. Things were going so well the crowd was planning to make Him king by force. In modern language, Jesus was a rock […]
Matthew Rohrs
Authentically Counterproductive
We hear so much about being an “authentic” leader. I believe fully in authenticity. You must lead from who you are; at the same time, authenticity does not give you permission to be a jerk. The most productive leader leads from strengths and dials back those tendencies to react poorly. This week’s question: When might [...]
Corey Olynik
In Brokenness We Find God
Recently, I found a present that my little brother bought me when he went to China a couple years ago. What he had bought me was a set of terracotta warriors. Unfortunately over time, one of the heads broke off of one of the figurines. I was disappointed and almost threw it away, until I […]
Joshua Webber
The Issue No One Will Hold You Accountable For
I’ve never been a good worrier. I have met people my whole life who could out-worry me and were frustrated I wasn’t as worried as they were. I have often thought worrying just wasn’t my issue, something I was … above. A few months ago I was combing over the Sermon on the Mount with […]
Alan Briggs