Leadership
Churches and Weddings
From a pastor/netfriend: So many church people (particularly, I have observed, those from Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox traditions, but by no means limited to them) have a concept of marriage that assumes the church — read *my* church in each instance — has some sort of a leasehold on marriage. Having established the leasehold (in […]
Six Questions to Ask Customers
(How does this apply to the church?) Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US. I am reminded that the coming holidays are an excellent time to grow your customer intuition. More than an opportunity to send another tin of popcorn, the holiday season is an opportunity to connect personally with your customers. While not everyone […]
Postmodernism And The Church
Pastor netfriend: Sorry for the delay on this one, but I’ve been catching up on some old posts and couldn’t resist this one from Rowland. Very suscinct, and enjoyable, and it does raise a few issues that I think we pastors need to think about, so I was surprised that nobody had commented on it […]
A Cynical Comment About ‘anointed’ Preaching
A netfriend commented: I’ve been present several times when people are preaching with those horrible little “Praise Jesus!”, “Bless the Lord!” and “Amen” comments tucked in at the rate of two per sentence. One such preacher was talking about the victory of Satan over Christians and managed to tuck an “Amen” and a “Praise the […]
Harvey Cox on Church and Ministry – a response
From a pastor-friend: I’ve been following with interest the comments on this, and there have been some very helpful ideas expressed by all. While I’m mostly inclined towards “ordain ’em all”, I also think that it is less a theological issue than it is one of history and of practice. Looking broadly at the reformation, […]
The Wisdom of Crowds
Groklaw Review of “The Wisdom of Crowds” Sunday, November 07 2004 09:04 PM EST On October 15th, Mike Perry of Inkling Books in a comment recommended a book to Groklaw readers called “The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations”. The […]
Healthy Churches
From ‘Natural Church Development’ (http://www.directionresources.com.au/index.htm). They note 8 characteristics of growing churches all around the world of all theological flavours. The focus is on health rather than growth with the assumption that healthy things grow. The 8 common traits are: 1. Empowering leadership 2. Gift-oriented ministry 3. Passionate spirituality 4. Functional structures 5. Inspiring worship […]
Why Church Isn’t Really a Church
by Chad Hall, Leadership guest columnist Anyone familiar with Bill Hybels has heard it: “The hope of the world is the local church.” On dozens of occasions, I heard the phrase and nodded in agreement. The phrase led me to commit or recommit myself to serving the local church. The phrase caused me to weep. […]
Overloaded?
Top 10 Signs You’re Overloaded Kevin Miller You’re normal. You’re not crazy. But too much information may be making you feel that way. Do you recognize any of these signs that you’re suffering from information overload? 1.. You feel life has become just too complicated. 2.. You know your cell phone, PDA, or laptop can […]
Harvey Cox on Church and Ministry
Read this today in an old Expository Times (5 Feb. 1970): In the NT there is no separate priesthood in the Church, perhaps no ‘ordained ministry’ in our sense of the term. Is this the way for the Church today? At any rate the author (Harvey Cox, in God’s Revelation and Man’s Responsibility) pleads “Let […]
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