Leadership Development+Discipleship
While this section focuses on leadership development, in a sense this entire site's purpose is to help you—and those you lead—develop into godly leaders.
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So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up....
—Ephesians 4:11-12 (NIV)
Understanding human differences is key to effective leadership. Identifying your default and stretch postures can help you be a more adaptable leader.
Research shows porn can damage the brain, impacting memory, numbing pleasure, diminishing impulse control, and shrinking the brain.
The Old and New Testaments emphasize welcoming strangers with love and hospitality while setting boundaries to avoid harm. The Church is to care for all but prioritize its own, while nations are tasked with maintaining order and enforcing laws.
Sometimes the wisest answer a leader can give is, “I don’t know,” because it opens the door for God to show what only He can do.
Many leaders unintentionally undermine their teams by using vague labels instead of clearly defining what success looks like.
Negative feedback from positive individuals is valuable and helps in personal growth, while feedback from negative individuals can be less helpful and draining.
Outsourcing church branding and communication to a consultant can bring fresh perspectives, align your message with your mission, provide practical tools, and inspire confidence and growth within your congregation.
Many professionals accept questionable industry practices as “just the way things are,” but the story of Zacchaeus highlights a better path.
Emotional intelligence is a crucial leadership skill for building a positive culture. Cultivating emotional intelligence is essential in today's workplace for building trust and fostering a healthy culture.
Challenging leadership experiences lead to growth and wisdom, highlighting importance of overcoming adversity for leaders to mature.
To maintain integrity as a leader, beware of subtle deceptions like eating half a cookie to justify breaking commitments.
True growth often begins not with answers, but with the courage to ask the right questions.
The strength of tomorrow’s Christian leaders depends on the faithfulness of the institutions that shape them today.
Psalm 40:6-8 highlights the importance of delighting in God's will rather than merely following rules. Embracing God's grace and truth leads to a meaningful life.
Conflicts at work often leave relationships fractured and trust diminished. Peace must be pursued through biblical forgiveness and wise mediation.
Insecurity can hinder a leader's effectiveness. Self-evaluation questions help gauge one's security levels. Overcoming insecurities requires self-awareness and growth.
EBOOKS+RESOURCES
This isn’t just another leadership book—it’s your invitation to discover how Christ-centered questions can transform the way you lead and live. Packed with real stories and timeless wisdom, it shows you how to grow your influence, deepen your faith, and lead with the same life-changing impact Jesus did.
A 50-page, data-rich and biblically grounded report detailing the current landscape of Christian fatherhood. With insights from 6,000+ dads and a clear biblical vision for men, this PDF is ideal for deep-dive reading, team discussions, or printing for events and discipleship groups.
Do you wish your meetings were more effective? In this eBook, you'll learn how to make your meetings can't-miss events.
June 5, 2024
This eBook answers a question many of us have whether we lead families, schools, corporations, ministries or churches: “In all of the busyness of leading and ministry, how can I keep growing in my personal faith and leadership, while still making disciples?”
What kind of Leader does God want us to be? In this sample chapter from Grab A Towel, author Tim Tucker reveals nine hallmarks of the character of a servant leader. Leading like Christ and with his character may be counter-cultural and often costly, but it is the calling of every Christian leader.
This eBook offers a collection of popular articles from BiblicalLeadership.com that help you become a more Christlike servant, whether you lead a family, school, team, company, non-profit or church.
This eBook can help you lead with positive influence, even in a world of negativity. You may feel like it’s a fruitless fight to try and manage people’s perceptions of you, but as a believer, you have spiritual weapons and Scriptural truths you can call into battle.
Looking for a unique leadership development resource? This free study guide explores a dramatic two-book series for leaders in the church and the marketplace. The PDF turns Through Colored Glasses and Inner Threat into a single introspective journey you can embark on by yourself or with a small group.
Produced in partnership with a ministry whose vision is to equip church leaders in Ethiopia and beyond, this Amharic translation contains the full text of Servant Leader Strong: Uniting Biblical Wisdom and High-Performance Leadership. This free download is the entire book in PDF form.
In this fast-paced corporate thriller, readers will encounter the powerful force that seeks to destroy all leadership from within, whether in the marketplace or the church. In Inner Threat: Combatting Christian Leadership's Natural Enemy, author Tom Harper continues the story that began in Through Colored Glasses: How Great Leaders Reveal Reality.
Have you felt the calling to leadership only to struggle with your ideas being heard? Have you experienced the tension of trying to be the best employee, mother, wife, friend and church member only to be left feeling inadequate?
If you lead in the church, whether in a staff or volunteer role, the respondents in this study have much to say that will encourage and equip you. If you’re a senior-level leader, not only will you find many of the study’s comments useful in your own work, but in the development of younger leaders as well.
While the world sees servanthood as a softer kind of leading, the Bible shows us how to powerfully motivate people toward a shared vision, achieve significant results, and overcome adversity. True servant leadership, as modeled by Christ, is anything but weak and servile—it is bold, courageous and inspires strong action.
Tom Harper travels through the whole of Scripture looking for fresh leadership principles in every book and shares the top six discoveries that have made the biggest difference in his daily work.
Adapted from Leading from the Lions' Den, by Tom Harper, this free e-book provides one key leadership principle from every book of the Old Testament. In this special easy-to-read format, each one-page chapter contains a timeless principle, key verse and supporting information and research.
