How do you handle the tension of attempting to be the leader who has it all together?
Do you have relational skills? Need to improve them?
Sometimes our focus is mistakenly doing it on our own and then praying for success.
The most significant relationship in the church is between the Senior Pastor and the Executive Pastor.
Decisions. How we make them says a lot about how we're wired.
Great leaders recognize that great leadership demands great thinking.
How can you be a better leader?
What guidance do you have for a younger pastor?
So how do we distinguish between a well-functioning ministry team and a mere group of people who happen to be operating near one another?
Neglecting practical ministry is to unwise and perhaps sinful.
Like it or not, leaders have influence. So what should we expect from them?
It is obvious that American Christianity is hemorrhaging. Revitalization is essential.
Here are two more reasons to let your pastor be the one who makes big, important proposals for big, important changes.
As leaders, here's what we can learn from this famous athlete.
There seems to be a self-imposed separation between church leadership and leaders in other areas of society.
Slowly over time most churches grow primarily inward in their focus, rather than focusing outward to meet the needs of those outside the church.
A pastor must be very wise in choosing a confidant.
Every idea I jotted down fit into one of two categories (and sometimes both).
Let’s reflect on some of the things we’ve all been observing over the last few years...the good and the potentially bad.
