How ministry leaders plan (part two)
Pastor, God has wonderful opportunities for you and your ministry, but you must be prepared to take advantage of them when they come.
Book Review – Improv Leadership: How to Lead Well in Every Moment
In my review of Improv Leadership, I want to take a look at three of the authors' five leadership competencies, and how they can help you become a leader of champions.
5 dumb leadership assumptions you never learned in seminary
Although my seminary profs never directly taught me to question the dumb leadership assumptions I’ve listed below, even if they had I wonder if in my youthful enthusiasm I would have listened.
Seven sentences we never expected to hear in churches in 2020
Who would have predicted the articulation of these sentences in churches prior to 2020? It has been a strange year. It has been a painful year.
The peculiar parable of Grandmother Ford
In this true story, a grandmother's emotional response left long-lasting scars in my childhood church. I wish a leader had stepped forward to prevent it.
Relief from the pressure to produce – part 3
How do we begin leading our leaders and our people in changing the default metrics that define ministry success?
The church is messy, isn’t it?
Ready to get messy? You’ll never know how greatly God wants to use you in this world until you’re willing to move toward the messes.
3 leadership shortcuts to avoid
If you give in to these shortcuts, you can lose credibility, sow confusion, or slow momentum.
Relief from the pressure to produce – part 2
These practices can moderate the unhealthy push to produce more, more, more.
6 biblical facts about faith in leadership
The book of Hebrews offers leaders profound insight about faith that we must believe and embody if we want to effectively lead.
Wherever you are, be all there
If we are to lead our churches to live on mission for God, we must begin with understanding how to “be all there” wherever God has placed us, and with whatever gift God has given us.
Decision fatigue
Many church and ministry leaders are suffering from decision fatigue right now. There are more decisions, and many routine decisions have become more complex.
How ministry leaders plan (part one)
Few things in life happen spontaneously. Almost everything in life needs a plan.
Are you leading with the right perspective on 2020?
The themes and stories that you emphasize in your communication will set the tone for your organization.
Growing the Post-pandemic Church
Bob Whitesel, D.Min., Ph.D. draws from his extensive consulting/coaching practice to suggest growth strategies for churches struggling in the new normal. The reader will learn how worship is moving from entertainment to experience, largeness is being replaced by relevance, and how leaders can make the most of online attendance.
Five types of church members who will not return after the quarantine
You may feel the pain of the losses, but God has a plan for your church to embrace the new reality to which you are headed.
Who will stand in the gap?
Might there be a person who would dare to stand in the gap before the Lord in this moment?
4 characteristics of great leaders
If you’re a church leader, God has given you a task much bigger than you can handle on your own.
3 kind ways to deliver hard truth
The ability of a leader to speak the truth is not opposed to the idea of being kind. In leadership, speaking the truth is the very essence of kindness.
Ten of the most influential books on my ministry
These books came at pivotal points in my life. I remember each of them and cherish them like long-term, trusted friends. Here are my personal top ten.
