Leadership
Giving Them What They Want?
I’ve enjoyed a book by Dale Rosenberger, Who Are You to Say? Establishing Pastoral Authority in Matters of Faith, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2005). Rosenberger calls us to a critical theological assessment of our churches. In this excerpt, he compares art museums to churches and gleans some interesting thoughts on evangelism and church growth […]
The New Targeting
Persona-based writing is the new Targeting. According to what we’ve seen so far, ads that employ persona-based writing are outperforming yesterday’s demo-targeted ads by an average of 81 percent. Website copy, direct mail letters, radio scripts and magazine ads that use persona-based language are pulling buckets of gold from the dwindling rivers of mass media. […]
The Ascent of a Leader
The Ascent of a Leader | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough This book has received high praise. It contains more than thirty recommendations from successful leaders. While the book does not aim to be specifically Christian — it is written “primarily to the nine out of ten who believe in the existence of God” […]
Measuring And Managing Clergy Effectiveness
MEASURING AND MANAGING CLERGY EFFECTIVENESS One of the most frequent questions I get is, “You say that we must do a better job of evaluating clergy effectiveness. How is it possible to define ‘effectiveness’?” I believe that those of us who are charged with the ministry of administration must get better at evaluating and rewarding […]
The Routinization of Charisma
TOWARD A THEORY OF Charismatic authority has been a topic of much discussion in the literature of social science since its introduction by Max Weber.1 Although there is no final definition of charisma or of the various forms “discovered” by subsequent theorists,2 it is generally recognized that charisma is ephemeral and transitory, that it exists […]
What Churches Must Do Well
First Things First There are some things that every church – to be a church – must do well. By Howard Hendricks Some time ago I visited a church that has an unusual strength in fellowship. I was so profoundly impressed I asked the pastor, “How in the world do you attract this many friendly […]
Purpose-Driven Churches
Across U.S., Members Divide On Making Sermons, Music More ‘Purpose-Driven’ No More ‘Wrath of God’? By SUZANNE SATALINESeptember 5, 2006; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115741786888753373.html?mod=hps_us_pageone IUKA, Miss. — In April, 150 members of Iuka Baptist Church voted to kick Charles Jones off the deacons’ board. The punishment followed weeks of complaints by Mr. Jones and his friends that the […]
Tradition
The Promise and Threat of Tradition My former student, Steve Compton, has become a fine leader in church development. Compton notes that one of the purposes of the church is to nurture and to renovate our Christian tradition. We are inherently “traditionalists.” Yet tradition can be a two edged sword. Here are some of Compton’s […]
Miroslav Volf on church, mission and culture
Soundings No. 36, 13 June 2006 by Graham Hill A central theme running through much of Miroslav Volf’s writing is the relationship between gospel, church, mission and contemporary western culture, and this has some significant implications for the church in Australia it seeks to develop a missional understanding of what it means to be church […]
Wedding Story
Wedding story… One apochryphal story from the early days of Australian settlement, when clergy were few and far between. I don’t know how true it is, but why let the truth spoil a good story? A couple would stand at the edge of a creek, river or lake and each have a stone in their […]
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