Entries from Off the Agenda tagged with: training
This week's download, Transforming Nominal Christians, is designed to help you assess how well your church challenges and disciples attenders. The piece below gives another model for the idea of discipleship: re-parenting. To seize upon one of our Lord's...
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I recently spoke to a church staff member who had been working with youth full-time for 12 years. Yet in his dozen years of service, he had only attended one Youth Specialties conference—that was all the training he ever...
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budget, leadership, recession, training,
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,
June 2, 2008
Beware of Unintended Curriculum
The dangers involved with teaching what you never meant to teach
My wife and I were visiting Southern California on vacation when we decided to stop by Mission San Juan Capistrano - an adobe chapel complex founded by Franciscan monks in 1776. In the back of the mission was a...
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Bible study, small groups, study, 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,
I recently wrote about the results of a leadership-style assessment I took on BuildingChurchLeaders.com, and my ability to finally accept the idea that I can be effective and influential as a leader whose primary gifting lies in the areas of...
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recruiting, spiritual gifts, training, volunteers,
December 27, 2007
Deion Sanders, Devin Hester, and Mentoring
If only those in ministry could find a mentoring relationship like the one these NFL stars share.
I came across an interesting article the other day - one that I think captures a brief but powerful case study of the importance of mentoring in terms of personal and spiritual growth. Here's an excerpt: Every morning, Devin...
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current events, pop culture, team, training,
December 20, 2007
It’s Not About Gay Rights
If the church doesn’t shepherd people through questions of sexual identity, sociology and psychology will.
Last summer, a friend of mine walked away from the church because he felt like his struggle with homosexuality was a non-issue for his church. There was no confrontation that pushed him away - hardly anyone at his church...
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community, current events, outreach, pop culture, training,
December 10, 2007
Create a Culture of Mentorship
“Mentor” is a buzz word, but are churches cultivating mentors?
"Mentoring," says the late Fred Smith Sr. in his book Leading with Integrity, "is back in favor again, like a wonderful old story that hasn't been told for so long it sounds new." Then he succinctly explains the danger of...
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community, men's ministry, seniors, small groups, training, women's ministry,
November 12, 2007
A Better Way to Recruit and Retain Volunteers
Church leaders can find and keep volunteers--they just need to re-think their approach.
Every church needs more workers. And often, some workers feel frustrated and probably aren't in the right area. How exactly does a church find the right people for the right positions? BuildingChurchLeaders.com asked Bruce Bugbee, president of Network Ministries International...
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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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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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October 15, 2007
Dr. Alvin Sanders
Following years of urban ministry in Chicago and Cincinnati, Alvin and his wife, Caroline, founded River of Life Church in downtown Cincinnati in the midst of civil unrest over the shooting death of an African American teenager by a white...
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October 15, 2007
Leith Anderson
Leith’s many interests involve him in pastoring, teaching, writing, speaking, and leadership. Leith earned a master of divinity from Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado, a doctor of ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and a doctor of divinity...
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boards, community, elections, evangelism, family, outreach, pastors, staff, stewardship, team, time management, training, vision, volunteers, worship,
October 15, 2007
Charles Arn
Charles Arn completed his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California, majoring in Instructional Design and Technology. He became actively involved in the church growth movement as his father, Dr. Win Arn, began to pioneer the study...
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October 15, 2007
Rev. Lynne M. Baab
Lynne M. Baab served in pastoral roles in two Presbyterian congregations in Seattle and is currently lecturer in pastoral theology at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is the author of several books, including Fasting: Spiritual Freedom...
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October 15, 2007
Ruth Haley Barton
Ruth Haley Barton is co-founder and president of The Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to caring for the souls of pastors and the congregations they serve. She is a teacher, spiritual director, and retreat leader trained through the Shalem Institute...
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October 15, 2007
Chris Blumhofer
Chris Blumhofer is assistant editor for BuildingChurchLeaders.com, where he began working in February 2006. In his role, Chris coordinates and edits many of the articles and training downloads that reach Building Church Leaders' customers. Chris attends College Church in Wheaton,...
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Bible study, boards, budget, children's ministry, community, devotions, elections, evangelism, family, meditation, missional, missions, outreach, pastors, pop culture, prayer, quiet time, staff, stewardship, team, training, vision, volunteers, worship,
October 15, 2007
Matt Branaugh
Matt Branaugh is director of editorial and special projects for Christianity Today International's Your Church Media Group. Prior to this role, he led Christianity Today's Ministry Team, which includes BuildingChurchLeaders.com and FaithVisuals.com. He is passionate about equipping and energizing church...
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children's ministry, community, evangelism, family, men's ministry, missions, outreach, pop culture, seniors, staff, study, team, training, vision, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Mark Buchanan
Mark Buchanan is an author and pastor living on Vancouver Island with his wife, Cheryl, and their three children, Adam, Sarah, and Nicola. Mark graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Department, and he holds a master’s degree...
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Bible study, devotions, evangelism, family, meditation, pastors, prayer, quiet time, training,
October 15, 2007
Gary R. Collins
Gary R. Collins is a licensed clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University. He is the author of about 200 articles and more than 50 books, including The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling and Christian Coaching:...
October 15, 2007
Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia
Stephen A. Macchia became the founding president of Leadership Transformations Inc. (LTi) on July 1, 2003. LTi is a ministry focused on the spiritual formation needs of leaders and the spiritual discernment processes of leadership teams in local church and...
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children's ministry, community, prayer, recruiting, spiritual gifts, staff, team, training, vision, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald is an author, speaker, and teacher. He was a pastor for more than 40 years, most recently the senior minister at Grace Chapel, Lexington, Massachusetts. When he stepped down from that position, the Grace Chapel congregation honored him...
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Bible study, boards, budget, community, elections, evangelism, family, outreach, pastors, politics, quiet time, staff, stewardship, team, time management, training, vision, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Sue Mallory
Sue Mallory, the author of The Equipping Church and co-author of The Equipping Church Guidebook, has spent more than 20 years in full-time ministry. Sue served as the founding executive director of Leadership Training Network (LTN) for eight years and...
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community, evangelism, outreach, recruiting, staff, team, training, vision, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Kevin Miller
Kevin A. Miller is editor-at-large of Leadership journal and executive vice president at Christianity Today International. Kevin writes for Leadership journal and PreachingToday.com, and he is a featured speaker for Preaching Today Audio. Kevin is also the author of several...
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boards, burnout, community, elections, evangelism, hiring, multimedia, outreach, pastors, politics, staff, stewardship, study, team, technology, time management, training, vision, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Sam O'Neal
Sam O’Neal is managing editor of the Discipleship Team at Christianity Today International, where he works primarily with small-groups resources. He is a contributor to Leadership journal, Ignite Your Faith, and Christianity Today....
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Bible study, community, devotions, meditation, prayer, quiet time, small groups, training, volunteers,
October 15, 2007
Marshall Shelley
Marshall Shelley is editorial vice-president of Christianity Today International, and editor in chief of the Leadership Media Group, which includes Leadership journal, PreachingToday.com, BuildingChurchLeaders.com, FaithVisuals.com, SmallGroups.com, and ChristianBibleStudies.com. He served as general editor of The Quest Study Bible, a best-selling...
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boards, burnout, compromise, difficult people, evangelism, family, outreach, pastors, staff, stewardship, team, time management, training, vision,
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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