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A.T. Pierson once said, "There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer." If there's ever a time for prayer in your church, it's during a season of transition between lead pastors. Consider the huge need for change and preparation in your church before a new pastor is called. Consider the following needs:
There are four important principles that should be used in developing or revising any of your church guiding documents. When we talk about guiding documents for the church, we are referring to such documents as articles of incorporation, by-laws, policies, job descriptions, etc. Follow the principles below and you will improve your ministry effectiveness and relevance, plus you may reduce the number of organizational headaches that go with leading a church. Read on to discover what these four principles are.
What is happening now in the culture of the world around us and the culture of the church will affect the local church in the next ten to twenty years will not only affect us, they will shake the local church as we know it in the Western world. Our churches are not insulated or isolated from the world in which we live, but they are affected and infected by it. Let's take a look at a few shakeups that are already beginning to happen.
What changes are needed in your current church by-laws because of what we have learned during the last year and a half of the Covid-19 pandemic? The following blog contains some suggestions for you to consider.
Your church can benefit from the transitional ministry of an intentional or interventional interim lead pastor when one or more of the following characteristics are present. Read on to discover these transition characteristics.
This Covid-19 mess in 2020 makes me wonder how things will change in the church in 2021 and beyond. Here are a few of my questions for those who are interested.
41 years ago I was just beginning my first pastoral ministry at a small church plant in Florida. Looking back on that experience, I would do some things differently while trying some new ways of doing church leadership. Here's what I would change or add.
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.
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.
Everyone struggles with change, especially churches. Pastors and church leaders need to know how to lead through change as they follow the Lord of the church. Here are three book resources that might help you make a change that builds up the church and moves it forward in loving God, loving others, and making disciples.