Here is the first of seven church leadership trends that will have the most impact in these tumultuous Roaring 2020s.
Are you a contented person? If you were to rate yourself on a happiness scale, how much percentage of the time would show you are content?
As we lead, let’s look beyond our mission and even our longest-term vision.
The Values Grid helps you define how you work together. More than just a list of five core values, the Values Grid pushes you and your team to consider the values that really guide how you work, and then expands upon those values by providing three additional core elements that bring your values to life.
Telling your fence-post story requires you to examine your life, identify the key posts in it, and reflect on how God has used those posts to shape you and bring you where you are today.
In this post, we'll explore the Christian perspective on goal-setting and accomplishment, and consider how our approach to these areas of life can bring glory to God. As leaders, it is crucial that we are intentional about seeking God's will and fulfilling the assignments He has for us.
Effective leaders know that there are at least 4 often-overlooked disciplines that are essential to well-balanced leadership.
Without vision, there was no way to know which way to head. All I could do was work off the last thing I could see, the vision I remembered. Here's how to renew your vision.
Maybe you have the Great Commission memorized. Most leaders don’t have to look those verses up. But have you thought about these verses in the context of your mission and purpose? Here are 3 rules for finding purpose wherever you are.
Rather than solely focusing on what is left behind, impartation emphasizes the ongoing process of sharing wisdom and resources while still growing the business or developing as a person.
When we operate a business to be a blessing to ourselves, our family, vendors, customers, employees, and community, we have the best chance of our business succeeding.
Just a few words spoken between two people who never met before, but I experienced an immediate sense of connection between the two of us. I felt good, and I had a sense he did also. This is what happens when true connection takes place between people, even people who don’t know each other.
Perception is powerful! In particular, as Christian leaders, how we perceive what God is doing in the world will critically shape our approach to life and ministry.
How do CEOs behave like pastors?
I used to spend so much time planning for the year ahead, budgeting and goal-committing—but the years have shown me that such precise planning is a waste of time.
To protect your integrity as a leader, don’t focus only on the big, obvious temptations. Watch out for the subtle deceptions.
On the one hand, I am surprised at the decline of evangelism in most churches. But that is not the biggest surprise. The issue that perplexes and surprises me the most is that very few church leaders and members are even acknowledging the death of evangelism in their congregations and denominations.
Our mission as an organization is to purposefully equip Christ followers to live out their faith vibrantly at work. Why? Because the job that you hold, the work that you do, the people that you work with – none of that is by chance. The people you work with need to meet Jesus, and you may be their only chance.
Richard Blackaby reviews Patrick Lencioni's book, The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team.
Here’s what I’m learning: So long as our decisions are not out of line with God’s Word, I don’t know that God particularly cares about the specific decisions we make. I think He cares deeply about what’s going on in our hearts as we make our decisions, but not the decisions themselves.
