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This week, my wife, Marty, and I had the honor of attending a church planter's retreat sponsored by the Converge Northwest District and held at the beautiful Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center on the rugged Pacific coast in northern Oregon. Read on to discover just a small amount of what was seen and heard at that relaxed gathering. Maybe you and your church can learn from my observations.
This blog is meant to highlight the importance of prayer in coaching pastors, church leaders, and leaders of Christian organizations. So let's take a look at a number of Bible texts that encourage us to be a people of prayer, especially prayer in coaching ministry leaders.
Two questions are of utmost importance for the church and her leadership over the next few months. The first is for the church leadership: "What changes will be needed as our church reopens as the Covid-19 virus declines?" The second is for pastors and ministry leaders: "What changes will be needed for me as pastor or ministry leader for our church to reopen as the Covid-19 virus declines?" Both are equally important. This blog offers some direction in asking and answering these questions.
I have been doing a series of blogs on what we can learn from church plants. Last week I interrupted that series to talk about Covid-19. This week I will mix the two subjects to talk about prayer. Like church planters, how can we pray as if our life depends on it? This blog might help you with some answers.
It's hard to know what to do during times of major crises like our current one. But there are some things you can do as a pastor or leader to help. Here are a few:
These are days when we need to discover or rediscover the unique DNA that God has placed in the church for his Kingdom. A new priority on capturing and casting the mission, core values, and unique vision that God has entrusted to the congregation through its leadership needs to be imagined and engineered with the guidance of the Word of God and the work of the Holy Spirit. But what does that look like? Read on to discover our viral opportunity.
Both church plants and churches in transition depend on finding pastoral leadership that God has equipped for the task. But how will you know who? This blog offers some tips to help guide your search process.
Over my ministry career, I have had the opportunity to work with both churches in transition and churches being planted. My next few Coach and Equip Ministries blogs will deal with some of these lessons. In the first blog on this subject, I want to share with you what some of them are. Read on to find out more.
Much of my ministry career has been devoted to helping church plants and smaller churches find lead pastors. This used to be a lot easier than it is today and the future presents more challenges. Take a look with me into the next 20 years in North America. Where will the next pastors come from? Read on to find out.
Every ministry leader needs a ministry coach. A coach can help you take steps toward becoming a ministry champion, someone who is never content with going through the motions of leadership in a church or ministry organization. So what are the characteristics of a good coach for you? Read on for more information.
Just like in the human body, the body of Christ, the church, can become ill and symptoms or warning signs develop. Read on to see some of the warning signs in the church and how to seek treatment.