Leadership
Customers – Mission And Vision
Mission and vision. These two words are very popular today, Lord, Yet many people seem to have a problem defining them. Mission is the reason for existing – why we are here. And vision is beyond goals – rather – The dream of where we want to go and want to be. In your kingdom, […]
Nature Of Pastoral Ministry, The
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-150 (Leadership Issues) THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN PASTORAL MINISTRY An exposition of 1 Corinthians 4 by Dr. John Stott on 10 July 2002, in Melbourne, Australia, reported by Elizabeth Kendal. (A briefer outline of this address appeared in CLM-2-138.) “There is much contemporary confusion,” said Dr. Stott, “about the nature of Christian […]
2. Customers – Customers
Who is my customer? We seem to spend a lot of time discussing this. External customers, internal customers, Government, supplier, manager, user, colleague. Exceed customer expectations! we say. Achieve customer delight! You were asked the question “Who is my neighbour?” [1] “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”, Seems to be the same as “You […]
The Gospel And The American Marketing Machine
Though I sincerely appreciate, and to the best of my ability, constantly make use of the work of scholars, I write and seek to contribute to our conversation as an evangelistic practitioner. As a working pastor, I see a large and important connection between getting the Gospel right and getting the Gospel out. (See last […]
A Pastoral Survival Guide [4]
4. LEADERSHIP AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. Are leaders born or made? Good pastors are natural (and spiritual) encouragers. Jack Welch, the celebrated leader of General Electric, says, ‘People in leadership have to have so much energy and passion that they energise and impassion people around them.’ 4-1 LEADERSHIP is ‘getting things done with and through others […]
A Pastoral Survival Guide [5]
5. HOME AND MARRIAGE. 5-1 MARRIAGE The reason this important factor is not higher is that occasionally I meet an effective pastor who struggles in their marriage – or their kids aren’t conforming to their evangelical faith and life. John Wesley and William Carey were two well-known examples. John Wesley married Mary Vazeille in February […]
A Pastoral Survival Guide [6]
6. STRESS MANAGEMENT. The National Church Life Survey’s 1996 Leader Survey (Kaldor and Bullpit) studied the answers 4,400 senior ministers/pastors/priests in 25 Australian denominations gave to questions about stress and burnout. Some of their findings: * Stress is highest for those under 50, who are raising children, have less support for their ministry in the […]
We’ve Got No Choice!
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-130 (Devotional) WE’VE GOT NO CHOICE! (1 Corinthians 1:10-17) by Kim Thoday Ian Corlett, is a well known Churches of Christ minister in Australia, tells of a time when he was part of an international Christian conference in Asia. Ian roomed with a young Indian pastor. One day during the conference, the […]
Preaching To A Postmodern World
Think like a missionary… “My appeal is that Biblical communication to a postmodern culture should be approached in the same way that a missionary goes into a foreign culture. No missionary worth his or her salt would enter a field without first doing an exhaustive study of the culture he or she seeks to reach. […]
Generation X Gathering
2002-167 Episcopal News Service Generation X gathering previews Episcopal Church’s near future by Jan Nunley (ENS) “I am Generation X. I am not content to be next. I am the Church…WE are the Church.” That’s how David Flentje explained to his parish in St. Louis why he spent three days in Indianapolis recently learning from […]
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