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The boy was six years old when his father left home. He never came back. The father never came back. The mother had only gone through seventh grade in school, so she couldn’t get much of a job. So she got a job in a textile factory in Minneapolis called Munsingwear. And the boy and […]
Great Followers Needed
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-029 (Practical Christian Living) THE NEED FOR GREAT FOLLOWERS by Dick Innes “Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?” (1 Corinthians 12:29-30, NIV). The obvious answer is, “Of course not!” In “Daily […]
Good Preaching [1]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-042 GOOD PREACHING (1) From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. How are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how […]
Cpr For Leaders
C.P.R. FOR LEADERS Sermon by Dr. Kelvin Cole 18.02.01 Reading – Exodus 3:1-12 INTRODUCTION ? Do you remember the plane where the engine shattered as it was taking off from the airport? ? This morning I would like you to imagine that you are a passenger in that plane. ? Each passenger has a certain […]
Are You Broken Yet?
Dear Fellow-Yoked, On this eve of Ash Wednesday the focus of ministry turns to “brokenness.” Though the key emphasis of Jesus’ ministry for us, culminating in His crucifixion, brokennes is not limited only to Jesus’ ministry. It’s in our ministries, too. Ministry Health article 305 “Are You Broken Yet?” describes the experience–and benefits–of brokenness. Whatever […]
360 Degree Leadership (Bill Hybels)
Self-Leadership Hybels – 360 ¡ Leadership Everything rises and falls on leadership – something good or bad happening? A leader is responsible. Leadership functions – vision, building team, problem solving, inspiring, setting goals, values, raising up leaders, leading change. Leading up – not passive or manipulating. Influence, relationship, prayer, trust. Lateral leadership – peers: mutual servanthood, […]
Strategy For Congregational Renewal
Dorothean Charisma: Strategy For Congregational Renewal Thomas F. Fischer Number 341 By far the most effective strategy for congregational renewal has to be “Dorothy.” Dorothy is seventy-eight year old widow. She’s been a Christian all her life and very loyal to her denomination. A leader in the denominational youth organizations in the 1940’s, Dorothy loves […]
The Best-Put-Together People: What Are They Like?
[Notes from an Australian national conference of adult singles I spoke at in January 2001]. They are people who 1. Choose their parents well 🙂 2. Have a well-developed sense of wonder 3. Are serendipitous (happiness is not where you seek it but where you find it) 4. Have few expectations, so are rarely disappointed […]
Sharing With One Another
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-005 SHARING WITH ONE ANOTHER From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for me. Psalm 66:16. In worship we share our joys and […]
Don’t Look Now (But Next Year’s Coming]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list R-012 [Repeat of CLM 547: 18 Dec 1997] DON’T LOOK NOW, BUT NEXT YEAR’S COMING! (Leadership Issues) by John Simpson (Ministry Perspectives No. 12) Diaries, like fire and water, are wonderful servants but dreadful masters. Given that the day to day exercise of the pastoral ministry has such an unknown quantity about it, […]
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