Entries from Off the Agenda tagged with: administration
Churches are struggling to find pastors these days, according to a Christianity Today report. For smaller churches, the problem is finding candidates who are interesting in taking a limited, often part-time, salary. But for larger churches, the issue isn't...
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administration, seminary,
For the past year, the Discipleship Team at Christianity Today International has been strenuously planning a re-design and re-launch of our small-group resources. One of the things I've been most surprised by is the amount of time and energy that...
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administration, small groups,
June 5, 2008
Special Offer for "Off the Agenda" Readers
A new opportunity for you to engage your leaders with top-quality church leader training
Seven months ago, the editors of BuildingChurchLeaders.com launched this blog to connect church leaders through conversations about ministry, leadership, and spiritual formation. Watching Off the Agenda step into this space has been, and continues to be, very exciting. However,...
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administration, budget, team, technology, training,
May 23, 2008
Special Offer for "Off the Agenda" Readers
A new opportunity for you to engage your leaders with top-quality church leader training
Seven months ago, the editors of BuildingChurchLeaders.com launched this blog to connect church leaders through conversations about ministry, leadership, and spiritual formation. Watching Off the Agenda step into this space has been, and continues to be, very exciting. However,...
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administration, budget, team, technology, training,
Last week, we continued our series of short-term missions downloads with a download of practical articles for crossing cultures. (You can see it here.) This week, we’re continuing this focus. We’ve created a Listmania collection on Amazon to pull together...
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administration, missions, outreach,
April 7, 2008
Choosing the Moment to Lead
The best leaders don't understand only why and how, but when.
Timing is very significant in spiritual leadership. Indeed, timing played a major role in shaping Jesus' ministry and death. Not only would Jesus not go to the cross for the wrong reasons. He didn't go until it was the right...
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administration, leadership, risk, time management,
March 24, 2008
90 Minutes with Rich
Leadership insights from one of the world’s wealthiest businessmen (who is also a committed Christian).
Last year, I was at the Leadership Summit Debrief in Chicago. It's a gathering of all the lead pastors from different churches that serve as satellite sites for the Leadership Summit. This group gathers to review the Summit and be...
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administration, difficult people, leadership, money, tithing,
November 5, 2007
Stop Oiling Your Church's Squeaky Wheels
Learn to honor those who minister, not those who demand it
A ministering laity doesn't happen naturally. Many people still expect the pastor to do the ministry while they watch - and criticize. Changing that image requires shaking up time priorities. Pastors who develop strong lay leaders have learned to honor...
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administration, boards, burnout, difficult people, mediation, pastors, recruiting, training,
Off The Agenda: Conversations for Building Church Leaders is a blog where people in church leadership positions — pastors, staff members, and volunteers, among others — gather for discussion, where they encourage, equip, and prepare each other for the joys and challenges...
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administration, Bible study, boards, budget, buildings, burnout, children's ministry, community, compromise, current events, devotions, difficult people, elections, evangelism, failure, family, fund-raising, giving, hiring, legal, liability, mediation, meditation, men's ministry, missional, missions, money, multimedia, outreach, pastors, politics, pop culture, prayer, quiet time, recruiting, risk, sample forms, seniors, small groups, spiritual gifts, staff, stewardship, study, team, technology, time management, tithing, training, vision, volunteers, women's ministry, worship,
October 15, 2007
Amy Simpson
Amy Simpson is passionate about serving the church and its people through leadership, communication, and resources. She currently serves as executive director for the Leadership Media Group at Christianity Today International....
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administration, staff, team, training, vision,
October 15, 2007
John Sommerville
John is the pastor of City Church in Minneapolis, Minn. Prior to leading the founding of City Church in 2005, he was executive director of Wooddale Center, a ministry to churches and church leaders at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie,...
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administration, boards, budget, elections, pastors, staff, stewardship, team, training, vision,
October 15, 2007
Angie Ward
Angie Ward is a "leader of leaders" with more than 15 years of leadership development experience in a variety of ministry settings. She is the founder of Forward Leadership and is a contributing editor for Leadership journal. Angie is passionate...
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administration, pastors, team, training,
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