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Leadership by biting your tongue
I've got a gift. Chances are, you've got it too. The silver tongue. That's one of the ways church leaders keep things moving in a church: Motivating, visioning, encouraging. Being a wordsmith is a …
| I've got a gift. Chances are, you've got it too. The silver tongue. That's one of the ways church leaders keep things moving in a church: Motivating, visioning, encouraging. Being a wordsmith is a gift. But it can also be a problem. Remember … |
 | There are some things I just don't get. I don't get tattoos. I don't get Angry Birds. And I don't get Lady what's-her-name, among other things. That's just me. To not get something is to be out of touch with something; to fail to understand the … |
| There's a relatively new website out there called Klout.com. Heard of it? Klout actually measures your online influence. Your Klout score takes into account how much you post to Facebook, how often you're retweeted on Twitter, how many people view … |
 | Churches want, and rightly so, for their extended communities to speak well of them. These days, a lot of time and money goes into promulgation of good PR about the local church—particularly the "humungo" local church. While all that is going … |
| You may think that worship in the Episcopalian church is mostly about ritual, but you'd be wrong—as it turns out! My wife and I have been honored by the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas to give several of its leaders an introductory glimpse at the … |
| When I was 8 years old, I won the Saline County Fair talent show in Michigan. My challenger was a bratty girl with a big stuffed animal singing "what's up pussycat". When it was my turn, I walked onto the stage and sang "The Grandmother Song". It … |
 | For nearly the past three decades, I have been studying the life cycle of churches. I continue to be amazed at how certain patterns play out repeatedly in most churches. Yet, I am also challenged to discern how churches can avoid the last two stages … |
 | Who doesn't like presents? Whether it's Christmas, a birthday or an unplanned, unexpected celebration, we all love to receive and open gifts. A recent survey of Christmas gifts discovered that the fruitcake was chosen by 31% of respondents as the … |
 | What's happening in the local church? American church statistics have reported [via Goodmanson]: In America, 3500 – 4000 churches close their doors each year Half of all churches last year did not add one new member through conversion growth … |
| No. Probably not. Mine either. Chances are you're not as funny as Modern Family. Or as topical as The Daily Show. Or as gripping as Mad Men. And why would you be? We're not in the entertainment business, we're in the God business. A sermon serves a … |
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Leading Outside the Walls: How Externally Focused Churches Engage and Grow Ministry Leaders
Leadership Network recently surveyed 32 divisional leaders of influential externally focused ministries around the country and found that they have implemented leadership structures in a variety of …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Good to Great Church Planting: Accelerating Growth and Effectiveness in Church Planting
What will make your church move from being good at planting churches, to being great? How can you build momentum, bring about multiplication and become a movement in order to accelerate your …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Developing Leaders in a Postmodern World
Current principles and practices in selecting and equipping leadersType: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Church Facilities Management: The Facts
The facts tied to facilities management, cost of ownership, and cost of operation associated with ministry facilities.Type: White PaperSponsored by: Cool Solutions Group -
Selecting Locations For Additional Campuses
In recent years, a number of visionary church leaders have joined the multi-site revolution to expand the gospel's reach into different parts of their cities, their states, and even to other …Type: Case StudySponsored by: Leadership Network
