Leadership
How To Grow A Small Church
Rev Dr Bruce Hart (Baptist Pastor NSW) “The Bullamakanka Baptist Church was stuck. Fred Smith, a 75 year old farmer and faithful Christian was the senior deacon. He sat on the church steps one summer’s night after the monthly deacons’ meeting, having a yarn with Bruce Tapper, the 35 year old pastor who had come […]
Ministry And Dreaming
—————————————————————- Ministry begins with dreaming, pastor tells leadership sessions By Cory J. Hailey FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Ministry begins with dreaming but can’t remain there, a Georgia pastor told pastors and other ministers at the Next Level Leadership Conference Sept. 11-13 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Dwight “Ike” Reighard, pastor of North […]
Baptist Vision Statement
NW Baptists adopt vision statement; to consider BFM action next year (December 2000) By Ed Ernsting PORTLAND, Ore. (BP)–Messengers to the Northwest Baptist Convention considered changes to the state’s constitution and adopted a “Fresh Statement for the Future” during their Nov. 8-9 annual meeting at Jantzen Beach Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Ore. A key order […]
The Earliest Ministry
Christian Quotation of the Day September 25, 2000 Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 It may seem an anachronism to speak of “the relation of the ordained ministry towards the Church”… when we are only thinking about St. Paul and his […]
Teamwork Within The Small Church (Part 2)
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-241 (Leadership Issues) TEAMWORK WITHIN THE SMALL CHURCH (Part 2 – continuing CLM-0-234) by Glenn C. Daman After discussing how to formulate effective teams, Jack wondered aloud what next needs to be done. A second issue they then identified focused upon communication between teams. 2.There needs to be clear lines of communication […]
Worship
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-193 THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO WORSHIP From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Guard your steps when you go into the house of God. Ecclesiastes 5:1. Worship isn’t something ‘observed’ or ‘attended’, it is something we are and do. […]
The Mistress
by Mike Robinson I had anticipated this moment with an emotional mixture of intimidation and challenge. The intimidation was generated by the fact that I was standing before a large group of my fellow pastors and I was to deliver the annual address of our Pastors’ Conference. The element of challenge found its focus in […]
Leadership Insights
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 2000 I’ve just begun reading Carolyn Corbin’s book Great Leaders See The Future First ( Chicago:Dearborn, 2000, ISBN 0 7931 3685 7, RRP $44.00 Aus). She has some great insights. Here are two, which apply to any church or Christian organisation: * Leaders determine whether an organisation succeeds or fails. (p.3) This […]
Pastor Quits Sportsgoing
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-195 (General) Twelve Reasons Why A Minister Stopped Attending Sports Events: Every time I went, they asked me for money. The people with whom I had to sit didn’t seem very friendly. The seats were too hard and not comfortable. The coach never came to call on me. The referee made a […]
Pain And The Ministry
Pain, D.L. Lowrie, suggests may be sign of God’s calling By Jeff Robinson [Sept. 2000]. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–God may ordain suffering in the lives of those preparing for ministry in order to cleanse and prepare them for the task to come, the pastor of First Baptist Church of Lubbock, Texas, told students on Sept. 14 […]
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