MINISTRY STAFF Three Over-looked Leadership Roles We're familiar with pastors and teachers, but today's world needs a leadership team that includes three biblical but forgotten functions. by Alan Hirsch
It was while leading South Melbourne Restoration Community, an inner city church committed to reaching the marginalized people of our city, that I realized something was fundamentally wrong. We were a ragtag band of ex-druggies with a church situated in a profoundly postmodern and tribalized part of the city. The model of church we had inherited was clearly not cutting it. Scarcely anything in my training for ministry had prepared me to for this. More …
Spiritual Friends Here's the gift you should really be seeking. by John Ortberg April 14, 2008
Fall into Grace A painful tumble and surgery taught him some things that "were worth it all." by Gordon MacDonald, editor at large April 7, 2008
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MINISTRY STAFF Three Over-looked Leadership Roles We're familiar with pastors and teachers, but today's world needs a leadership team that includes three biblical but forgotten functions. by Alan Hirsch Leadership Journal, Spring 2008
MINISTRY STAFF Next & Level After a bad experience with personality-based, top-down leadership, a whole new approach was needed at what is truly The Next Level Church. a Leadership Interview Leadership Journal, Spring 2008
PREACHING Sharing the Driver's Seat When pastors team up to write the week's sermon, can they avoid oncoming traffic? by Brian Lowery Leadership Journal, Spring 2008
PREACHING Is it Still Gospel Preaching? The 21st-century makes demands of those who want to communicate the richness of the gospel. by Leighton Ford Leadership Journal, Winter 2008
What he said… "Commitment to Christ is more than JUST tithing and PRAYing. It is giving of yourself to Him AND serving Him with your whole being. If you commit to Christ YOU'LL BE giving ALL you have! Am I RIGHT? AMEN!" What they heard… "JUST PRAY AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT! AMEN!"
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