Submitted by Anonymous on Sunday, Feb 8 @ 3:34pm
By Dick Loizeaux
When it comes to leadership development I confess there were times when I became so concerned with methodology, technique and curriculum, the latest seminar or latest book, that I neglected the most important part of leadership development. Not instruction
but imitation.
We learned it as children: “Monkey see, monkey do.”
We learned it from our parents: “You can...
Submitted by Nate Baggett on Wednesday, Jul 17 @ 9:22am
Gardiner Spring, a pastor himself, in his book Power in the Pulpit wrote a moving ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, Jul 8 @ 1:29pm
By Gary Rohrmayer
Legendary football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant said, "Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's is easy to beat most folks." In a recent survey it was revealed that 79% of...
Submitted by Nate Baggett on Wednesday, Feb 6 @ 3:49pm
By Gary Rohrmayer
The first skill is that of empowering others. They know how to spot, raise up, disciple, coach and mentor others into the mission of God. The second skill deals with ...
Submitted by katie.nelson on Monday, Jul 22 @ 1:03pm
By Gary Rohrmayer
Dear Pastor,
We would like to invite you to join us on Thursday, August 15, 2013 to hear about a program called Ignite Spiritual Leadership Development. Ignite is a program designed to train and develop married Christian couples currently attending and leading in Converge MidAmerica churches who share the vision of reaching out to the unchurched Latino population. Although the Latino population is the fastest growing population in the United States, it is the least represented in the church today.
Ignite aims to equip and empower couples in our...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, Aug 18 @ 1:16pm
By Allison Hurtado
The town of New Buffalo, Michigan, grows from 2000 people year-round to 11,000 during the summer months. For the past 27 years pastor Jeff Dryden has led Sawyer Highlands Church, in another small town just 10 miles away. He saw an opportunity to start an outdoor service in New Buffalo during the summer to reach vacationers from nearby Chicago and Indianapolis. The unique dynamics of the town and...
Leith Anderson, Senior Pastor of Wooddale Church in Minnesota, spoke at Connect 2011, Converge MidAmerica's Biennial Meeting. This audio is from a workshop he led on Succssion Planning.
Submitted by katie.nelson on Thursday, Jun 5 @ 9:27am
"God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination." -Oswald Chambers
Helping our people experience the timeless truth of moving from impulse and haphazard giving to systematically and joyfully giving is a continuous process.
We see this in Paul's writings,
"Each one must give as he has decided...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, Dec 3 @ 3:02pm
By Gary Rohrmayer
Jesus did not tell us to “go make leaders,” but he did tell us to “go make disciples” (Matt. 28:19-20). If your church does not have a strong spiritual formation plan, it will have a weak leadership development plan. Not every disciple will be a leader, but every leader must be a growing disciple reproducing the life of Christ in others.
Leaders who are not growing disciples are simply task managers...
Submitted by Nate Baggett on Monday, Oct 28 @ 12:03pm
By George Bullard
[Note: The first version of this article first appeared on the ABP News Blog and is available by clicking HERE.]...
