Tag: leader

by Bill Wilson Full-time ministry can be likened to climbing a mountain as there are many parallels between the ...

By Tyler Reagin Life-Giving Leaders Create Vibrant Organizations I love The Wizard of Oz for so many reasons.

By Michael Fletcher It happened again. As I sat at my keyboard to write this chapter, I saw an e-mail from a pastor of a large and fast-growing church...

By Jeremy M. Kimble Many will doubt the benefits of practicing church discipline, but there are numerous ways the health of the body of Christ will increase through this practice. One benefit of church discipline...

Ministry Hacks from Brandon Hilgemann & Dr. Lawrence Powell Brandon Hilgemann of ProPreacher.com says: There are a lot of ways that people try to preach sermons that stick. Some work, others...

By Jaquelle Crowe Church accountability. The phrase evokes a thousand images. Culture strives to make us picture ugly images, caricaturing accountability as Pharisaical finger-pointing, judgmental condemnation, awkward intrusion, and hypocritical legalism. And this overwhelmingly negative perspective has...

By Tony Morgan I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to serve churches with a variety of ministry approaches and philosophies. Because I facilitate next steps rather than prescribing a specific ministry approach, I get to help many...

By Thann Bennett I need to fail more. Looking back on my life to this point, I realize that I have not failed nearly often enough. I say that not as evidence of how great I am,...

by KRIS VALLOTTON Our destiny is directly tied to the people in our lives. Based on Proverbs 13:20, there is an old adage that says, “Show me your friends, and I will show you your...

by Hal Donaldson Before Kate Winslet became an Academy Award winner, she had to learn to admire her body and be kind to herself. The star of such films as Titanic, Divergent, and Steve Jobs, she grew up running...