Leadership
Leadership Pressures
Bearing the Load Arrow – “To The Point” Dear Leader, Do you have something bearing down on you today? Is it significant, even critical? Leaders are under attack on three fronts: – At the office, expectations and competition is forcing organizations to search for ways of increasing ‘productivity.’ – At home, the breakdown of the […]
The Call To Ministry
The latest addition to our new Pastors’ Wives website ( http://priscillasfriends.org) ~~~ Pastor to Congregation (in a cartoon): ‘Brothers and sisters, years ago the Lord Jesus called me to be your pastor… And now I feel like the Lord Jesus is calling me elsewhere…’ Choir, spontaneously: ‘What a friend we have in Jesus!’ It’s St.Patrick’s […]
Imperfect Leaders
“IMPERFECT LEADERS” READ: 2 Corinthians 3:1-5 “Our sufficiency is from God. –2 Corinthians 3:5” “God’s ways are not our ways. We tend to equate leadership with lordship; He equates leadership with servanthood. we want strength so we can help God with His work; He makes us weak so He can demonstrate His power. We advertise […]
How To Tell If Your Church Is Sick (While It Still Looks Healthy)
How to tell if your church is sick (while it still looks healthy) Gil Cann There is a sure and simple way to tell if your church is in poor health. It is ‘better’ than the more common methods because it can indicate trouble ahead, while the church still appears to be thriving. It is […]
Leadership Insights
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS – APRIL 2001 Paul Arnott Leading in an age of information overload I’m sure that the amount of information that comes to you each day, via TV and radio, your electronic inbox and your letter-box, is no less than I receive daily. It may even be more. Some days it’s overwhelming. Occasionally I […]
Words For Church Meetings
>From a friend in Malaysia: Something I got from a teaching by John Maxwell and Bill Hybels. I wish I knew this phrases when I was chairing the many church meetings in the years past! I hope this short points would help you in the next meeting you attend/chair. Here it is: What To Say […]
Preaching That Connects
by guest columnist Craig Brian Larson I went to the home of a woman who attended the church I pastored. When I walked into the flat, her husband was asleep on a cot in the living room, a gaunt shell of a man, his substance sucked out by whiskey. His skin was yellow. When he […]
The Essence Of Preaching
Here’s an outline of Haddon Robinson’s… Psychological Outline – Preaching as Listeners like it How do we respond to the “Ho-Hum”? – light a fire! Why Bring that up? – build a bridge, Be contemporary, Be personal, specific, Get people into the Bible What’s your big Idea? know your point For Instance? – be specific, […]
How To Survive In Ministry In The New Millennium
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list R-016 [Repeat of CLM 665: 18 Jul 1998] (Leadership Issues) Alan Nunn encourages us with – ———————————————— HOW TO SURVIVE IN MINISTRY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM ———————————————— [Recently,] the church presented me with a plaque that marked the completion of 40 years in the service of the churches. As I look back on […]
How To Cope With Change (Part 1 Of 2)
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-103 Rod Benson helps dispel popular myths in a series of six sermons: I can make changes in my life quickly and painlessly. ————————————- HOW TO COPE WITH CHANGE (Part 1 of 2) ————————————- This afternoon some friends took me cruising the Georges River in a powerboat, and as we passed Tom […]
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