May 2010

9 Practical Principles for Making Wise Decisions

May 28, 2010

Good, sound decision-making is necessary for living life productively and efficiently. However human natural understanding is never enough for wise decision-making. We must acquire God-wisdom and perspective. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he [...]

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The Seven Key Elements for Enduring Church Health and Growth

May 21, 2010

The church leadership team must continually grow, reach and achieve vision both personally and as a team, seeing the future with a 360° vision: the near future (0-5 years), the future (5-10 years), and the distant future (10-50 years). The church structure must be conducive to the vision allowing for change and growth yet with [...]

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Growth Requires a Variety of Factors

May 20, 2010

Developing vision: Do you have clear, set-out vision that is written and declared? Developing leaders: Do you have plan to develop leaders to fulfill this vision? Rebuilding broken lives: Do you have a plan to heal broken lives? Managing volunteers: Do you manage non-staff people well? Leading staff: Do you have a strategy for staffing? [...]

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Aligning and Designing a Culture-Impacting Church

May 15, 2010

Leaders committed to building local churches that impact culture must understand the aspects that make up their specific church culture. These aspects must be founded in biblical principles and kept in alignment to God’s Word. This enables them to be designed to influence the culture within which the church exists without in turn being adversely [...]

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7 Cultures Leaders Should Know

May 10, 2010

The leaders of the time and season must be driven by a clear mission that calls for constant, unrelenting adjustment in the life of the church and its organizational structure. I believe the best for the church is yet to come and we must all lean into the task of participating in God’s dream for [...]

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Four Absolute Convictions About the Church

May 3, 2010

Church done God’s way raises the heartbeat and engages the whole person in a dynamic and meaningful experience that shapes all of life. This is the church I am seeking to build and hoping to inspire all leaders on every level of leadership to be motivated and activated. I believe the church is worth giving [...]

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