Leadership
On Ordination
Hi folks, Still thinking about the postmodern rejection of totalitarian language, I just read Michael Frost’s thought provoking article in Alive Magazine, June 2002, pp 4-7. The article, “Sexual Abuse of the Church”, is largely about the danger of placing clergy on a pedestal, but along the way he makes some interesting points about language. […]
Church Music
A note from someone on a list I’m on: Allow me to clear my throat and assemble my portable personal soap-box. 1. Have you noticed how few people sing music ‘in public’ these days? Thinking of when you were last in these situations, how many people in cars, or on public transport, at rave parties, […]
Music In Church: Two Services?
The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World< Following up on her best-selling Reaching Out without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn here insists that churches need to engage in a serious process of community discernment concerning worship in order to employ the best tools and forms, and she offers extensive reflections to further […]
Mentoring
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-122 (Leadership Issues) MENTORING by Rowland Croucher Australia’s leading exponent in the area of Christian mentoring, John Mallison, and I had an email exchange on the various aspects of these relationships. How many of these dimensions do you have/lack? ~~~ God helps us through others: 1. Father, especially in the area of […]
Value-Added Preaching – Ten Suggestions
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-123 (Leadership Issues) TEN SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDING VALUE TO YOUR PREACHING by Rod Benson 1. Identify the kind of literature you are preaching from, and let it have at least some influence on your sermon structure/content. You may want to familiarise yourself with How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth […]
Baptist Church Government
I’ve been thinking about putting together something on church government/leadership for some years now – in fact, ever since I got myself into strife among some Baptists for pointing out that in the only two cases we have in the NT about the appointment of elders they were appointed by the archbishop (General Superintendent in […]
What Does A Healthy Church Look Like?
Health Signs: Leith Anderson 1. Glorify God 2. Producing disciples 3. Exercise of spiritual gifts 4. Relating positively to one’s environment 5. Reproduction 6. Incorporation of newcomers 7. Openness to change 8. Trusting God & prayer The Nine Habits of Highly Effective Churches: George Barna 1. They rely upon strategic leadership. 2. They are organized […]
Australian Churches (Ncls)
NCLS Research (National Church Life Survey) Media Release Tuesday June 25th, 2002 Churches co-operate to undertake major review Six out of ten church attenders agree that their local church is always willing to try something new. This is one finding from the 2001 National Church Life Survey (NCLS), the largest survey of its kind in […]
Loud Music In Church
Good morning Rev.Croucher. Having been a leader in the Body of Christ for some 20 years I have now come to the point that my voice has seemingly no value anymore amongst other leaders. I am a widow now which seems to make it even worse. (Praise God that He is not a respecter of […]
Singing In Church
Peter suggests that making people sing makes them uncomfortable because our society shuns singing. I don’t think singing as such is the problem. The great majority of people sing in the shower, sing along to the car radio, and generally sing happily in private. It is singing in public that is the problem. Those poor […]
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