Tag: pastor
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4 Roles a Senior Pastor Can’t Delegate
You want to lead a thriving church. But we know you’ve all experienced it: Everyone needs something from the pastor. In some churches, the pastor is expected to do everything. In others, the organization has grown complex, and your role has followed suit. You know you have to take the lead in giving ministry away…
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Leading your Church into the New Normal of COVID-19
I recently was invited by Scott Ridout, who serves as the President of Converge, a movement of more than 1,300 churches to “Start and Strengthen Churches Worldwide,” to participate in a conversation about the impact of Covid-19 and the future new normal churches will be leading through. In the conversation we discussed the new normal…
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5 Church Leadership Lessons I Learned from Moses’ Father-in-Law
I know that’s not a very intriguing or sexy title…no clickbait there. However, to this day, the best leadership book I’ve ever read is the Bible (and like you, I’ve read a lot of leadership books). One of the most interesting leadership interactions I’ve ever read about is out of Exodus chapter 18. Moses is…
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Top Posts of 2019 #1: “5 Keys to Growing your Church in 2019”
Thank you for going on this journey with me of counting down my most popular posts from 2019! It seems fitting that my last post of the year will be looking back to the first post of the year where I shared this list of helpful strategies to help your church grow in 2019. I…
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Top Posts of 2019 #6 “2 Fatal Church Leadership Mistakes”
In “churchworld” there is a lot of mimicking that goes on. So instead of throwing out another “success story” for people to chase I’m learning that often stopping to diagnose and share mistakes can be much more powerful…and helpful. This post came in at number 6 this year…and yes I’ve learned these lessons the hard…