If we’re honest I think that alot of pastors are addicted. Maybe not to porn or drugs or alcohol. Some maybe to more “pastoraly” accepted things like work, success, leadership, power, praise or affirmation from others, or the Church. Yeah, that’s right we can be addicted to the Church. Although working in the church is [...]
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Addicted
Posted in Church, Leadership, Misc, tagged Church, Leadership on November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Staff Relations
Posted in Church, Leadership on October 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been hearing alot of stories recently about poor relations between staff members at churches….especially between senior pastors and youth pastors. This seems to be a common problem. Many senior pastors are on a power trip and intimidated by the usually younger, gifted youth pastor. On the other hand many youth pastors are lacking the proper respect [...]
More
Posted in Church, Leadership on October 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Seriously, I’m done with the view of church that I have had for the past 5 years. I want our church to really be about one thing….preaching Jesus Christ, the gospel, the good news for those who need to hear it. I’m still going to be innovative (or try to be), I’m still going to [...]
Celebrity Pastors
Posted in Church, Leadership on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I just finished reading a blog post from a pastor who just returned from the WhiteBoard Conference in Washington DC. It disturbed me a little bit (ok, a lot!) because he wrote that he was so in awe of all of the “successful” pastors that were there. He went on to say that he felt [...]
Great Quote
Posted in Church, Great Quotes, Leadership on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
From Perry Noble’s last message;
“If you love the way we do church now, you’re probably going to hate it in 10 years.”
I’ve said before that if we’re singing the same songs, doing the same things the same way we are doing them now in 10 years…shoot me. I don’t want to be in a comfort [...]
The Multiplying Church
Posted in Church, Leadership on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just finished reading, “The Multiplying Church” by Bob Roberts Jr. This was a good read. Lots of stuff to make you think. At the end of the book, he gives some quotes from the book and says these are the things I never want you to forget. I’d like to share some of them [...]
The Bivocational Pastor
Posted in Church, Leadership on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Again, keep in mind that I apologized on Monday for a few of my posts this week:)That being said, what I have to say about being a bivocational pastor may cause some disagreement. I might get an e-mail or two and that’s O.K. as long as it makes you think. Of course this [...]
Great Quote
Posted in Church, Great Quotes, Leadership on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Tony Morgan has this quote over on his blog, so I thought I’d steal it. It’s not his anyway!
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com as quoted on BusinessWeek.com (April 17, 2008)
I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate. That’s actually a serious point. If you’re going [...]
On my Nightstand
Posted in Book's, Leadership, Misc, Resources on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are 3 books I am currently reading.
Excellence is the American Church’s idol?
Posted in Bible, Church, Leadership, Misc on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
O.K., so shoot me now! I know that I apologized beforehand for some of this weeks posts….this being one of them. First of all let me say that it is my belief that we should do everything that we do to the best of our God-given abilities. We should strive to do [...]
My Biggest Mistakes in Ministry
Posted in Church, Leadership on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Going 4 years to Bible College. What? It was a mistake to go to Bible College? Well, yes and no. I feel after 15 years of ministry experience that Bible College did little to nothing to prepare me for ministry. I would recommend all would-be pastors go to Bible College for [...]
How do you know if your vision is from God?
Posted in Church, Leadership on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Perry Noble recently posted this and it got me thinking. My thoughts are in bold.
How do you know if you’re vision is from God?
If you feel confident that you can accomplish what is in front of you with no problem at all…then you didn’t hear from God. If it’s too easy…if God doesn’t have to [...]
Top 7 Temptation Pastors Face
Posted in Church, Leadership on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a post from April 3rd from Perry Noble’s blog. This is right on the money so I thought I’d repost it with all props to Perry!
The Top 7 Temptations Pastors Face.
#1 - Selling Out God’s Vision In Exchange For A Paycheck.
I know so many pastors who fear losing their jobs because [...]
17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player, part 3
Posted in Leadership on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Third Essential Quality of a Team Player: Committed
Some of Maxwell’s Thoughts:
“Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on their world” Maxwell
Many people associate their commitment with their emotions.
True commitment isn’t based on emotions or how you feel. True commitment means staying true and following through no matter how you feel.
Human emotions [...]
17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player, Part 2
Posted in Leadership on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Second Essential Quality of a Team Player: Collaborative
Some of Maxwell’s thoughts:
“All your strength is in union, all your danger is in discord” Longfellow
“Collaboration is Multiplication” Maxwell
Collaboration isn’t just “cooperation”. It’s more than that. Cooperation is working together agreeably. Collaboration is working together aggressively.
Becoming a collaborative team player requires a change in [...]
17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
Posted in Leadership on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
If we are going to do Church well, it must be done as a team. No one can do it alone, no matter how talented they may be. In an effort to be a better piece of the team at The Journey Church I am reading the short John Maxwell book, “The 17 [...]
Conference Crazy
Posted in Church, Leadership on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I love a good conference just as much as the next guy. The two that I try to go to every year is Catalyst and Drive (although sadly, I can’t make it to Drive in May). I really think that we as church leaders are becoming “Conference Junkies”. I know pastors that [...]
Congrats to Ben Arment
Posted in Church, Leadership on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Congrats go out to Ben Arment, former pastor of Reston Community Church, who landed the dream job of Event Director at Catalyst. That’s gotta not suck!
Would I know You Now?
Posted in Bible, Church, Leadership, Misc on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m not a big “CCM” fan, but I’ve always had an appreciation for the songwriting of Wayne Watson. This song is one that always convicts me over and over again. As a matter of fact, I actually have the words penned on the inside of my Bible that I used throughout college. [...]
Refusing to let fear of failure cripple us
Posted in Church, Leadership on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Being a small church….being a new church….being a church without a lot of money. These are all reasons we could cash it in, and say, “We could never do that!”. But that would be letting fear rule us, and God has not given us a spirit of fear, so we will refuse to [...]
Unleash Conference
Posted in Church, Leadership, Resources, Video's on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Again, another conference that I couldn’t go to! Perry Noble and the guys down at Newspring Church put this conference on and have made the sessions and the PDF’s of the notes available for free online! Thanks so much guys!
Erwin McManus weighs in on Church Marketing
Posted in Church, Leadership, Misc on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
From “Church Marketing Sucks”:
Erwin McManus has his thoughts about why churches are in decline. And it’s not bad design, bad web sites or poor use of technology.
“My primary assessment would be because American Christians tend to be incredibly self-indulgent so they see the church as a place there for them to meet their needs and [...]
A Great Article on Relevance
Posted in Church, Leadership on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
A Couple of Thoughts before the article:
I think Jesus was relevant in His day
I think Jesus expects the Church to change and be relevant
We are to be fishers of men…we attract fish with bait that is relevant to them (I wouldn’t try to catch a fish with a stalk of broccoli) and we need to [...]
If you are a church leader….
Posted in Church, Leadership on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
….this would be a very cool event to attend. Wish I could be there.
An intersting Article
Posted in Bible, Church, Leadership, Misc on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Saw this old article in the archives of Monday Morning Insight.
Why Young Pastors Leave the Ministry
This post comes from the NakedReligion blog… I find the ten reasons that he came up with to be quite intriguing. See what you think…
There is an epidemic occurring right under the nose of church middle judicatories and [...]
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