Your Excellent Worship Isn’t
Let’s rethink our definition of “excellence.” Excellent worship is worship that’s accessible to EVERYONE. An excellent worship leader makes sure everyone, not just musicians, has a part to play.
John Branyan
Community
Articles in this category focus on rejoicing in the community of other believers, how to build and nurture community, and how to better reflect Jesus Christ to our brothers and sisters in the faith.
John Branyan
Great Vision Is Not Enough – You Must Share It with Clarity and Passion!
God’s plan is for a united people to fulfill His purpose, not just for individual, gifted leaders to do great things.
Malcolm Webber
Your Vision Must Capture the Hearts of Your People
A million candles can be lit from a single flame.
Malcolm Webber
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
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
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
How to Utilize Outreach to Recognize Gifting and Develop Leaders
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
The Powerful, Biblical Nature of Teams
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
Are You an Unfriendly Leader?
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
Clamoring for Culture
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
Have We Lost the Vision for Reaching Our Community?
Reach out to your community and live. Or, neglect it and die. It’s really that simple.
Thom S. Rainer
12 Questions to Ask Ourselves in Conflict
Remember, it’s not about winning or being right; it’s about God’s glory.
Mark Altrogge
Across the Street; Across the Ocean
How do we reach across cultural divides? How can we really listen?
Jim Brenneman
What Mac & Cheese Taught Me About the Needs of Others
A very successful businessman inadvertently taught me a lesson about paying attention to other people’s needs … with macaroni and cheese.
Charles Stone
How to Be Joyful in Your Leadership
As a biblical leader, I choose to model joy for the people I lead. By choosing to model joy, I hope my colleagues can see “work” and “vocation” as synonyms for joy.
James Bruyn
Is Your Leadership More Than Words?
If you want to be the kind of leader whose organization is on the cutting edge, stop asking for someone to give you an answer you already know. Great leaders have the courage to act!
Mike Mowery
How Devotionals Almost Broke Up My Marriage
Being a leader approved by God is different from being a leader put in a position by God. Sometimes, when God is training a spiritual leader, He will let us fall on our faces because we can see Him better from that position.
Jess MacCallum
The Church’s Dirty Little Secret
Immature believers abound, and that’s all right. Babies must complete all stages of development before they achieve maturity. But we should never put an infant in a place of leadership. Leaders must be adults in the faith if they are to be role models and examples to those coming after.
Joe McKeever
A Simple but Incredible Way to Reach Your Community and Grow
Tom’s church tried a unique way of reaching out to their church’s community. We gave each of our members attending a loaf of bread and asked them to give the bread to someone in their neighborhood or community.
Thom S. Rainer
Surviving Feedback From Friends
Too often we ask for feedback when all we really want is praise. Give yourself time to get feedback from others and inspiration from the Holy Spirit through prayer and study.
Michael Voll