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Relationships Between Counselors And Churches

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

These days, churches are (wisely, in my view) appointing counselors to their staff, or setting up adjunct counseling centres, or referring parishioners to outside Christian and other counselors. As director of an independent Christian counseling service to which pastors regularly refer people (including themselves!) I keep the following constantly in mind: 1. Ethical Protocols: * […]

Order Of Service For Funeral Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

ACNS 2945 – ENGLAND – 7 April 2002 Order of service for Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Westminster Abbey Tuesday 9 April 2002 at 11:30am You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come […]

Large Church Small Church [Schaller]

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LARGE – SMALL CHURCH DIFFERENCES Taken from The Multiple Staff and the Larger Church – By Lyle E. Schaller Preface Approximately one-half of all Protestant congregations in the United States and Canada average fewer than 75 at worship on a typical Sunday morning, and three-fourths of all churches report fewer than 300 confirmed members. In […]

Called To Serve: Volunteers And Teams

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-072 (Leadership Issues) CALLED TO SERVE: VOLUNTEERS AND TEAMS by Peter Corney The church is a voluntary society, a ‘community of volunteers’, if you like. Without volunteers almost everything we do would grind to a halt. All those rosters and committees and leadership of groups and ministries would cease. Most parachurch organisations […]

Ten Ways To Develop Your Christian Leadership Skills

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

10) Follow your passion. 9) Follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit. 8) Don’t be afraid to take risks. 7) Develop your network. SmartLeader’s know who to ask and aren’t afraid to ask. Develop a Rolodex of experts, resource people and network builders. Maintain close ties with your Rolodex relationships. Keep the doors open with […]

Preaching – For Better Or For Worse

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-077 (Leadership Issues) PREACHING – For Better Or For Worse by Gil Cann Sometimes a humorous incident can have a profound effect. Many years ago, along with my fellow Bible College students I listened, intrigued, as a godly, elderly man reflected on his life long experience as a minister of the church. […]

Small Churches

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The Strong Little Church Check healthy churches worldwide, this seer says, and less is usually more. An interview with Christian A. Schwarz —————————————————————————- —- Smaller churches do as well as larger churches in all key areas but one, according to analyst Christian A. Schwarz. That bodes well for the future of those in the shadow […]

Are Our Churches Too Small?

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Murray Robertson In the past few decades in the United States a clearly observable phenomenon has been occurring. An increasing percentage of people have begun worshipping at a small but growing number of very large churches. This is a trend almost universally deplored by those who are not part of it. “Market driven Christianity”, we […]

Church Finances

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Leadership Journal, Summer 1997 Is Your Church Fi$cally Fit? Ten ways to assess your financial strength. by James D. Berkley —————————————————————————- —- When Bowser pokes a cold, wet nose under my arm to signal it’s time to pet him, the nose tells me he’s healthy. When the nurse announces “120 over 80” for my blood […]

September 11 (Winston Churchill)

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

True Leadership September 11: Enemies have just attacked the country’s largest city by air. Thousands of civilians are killed; landmark buildings are reduced to rubble * the objective: terrorize the nation. No, I’m not talking about New York City six months ago. I’m talking about the attacks that occurred sixty-two years ago, when German aircraft […]

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