Leadership
Church: Why Bother?
Some comments on Philip Yancey’s “Church Why bother?” (Zondervan: 1998) ****************** General: Of the 3 sections … 1. Why Bother with Church? 2. What God Had in Mind 3. Reaching Beyond the Walls … the first 2 are the the more interesting. His ideal church would attract many people that previously left .. or never […]
Pastors And Pride
Leaves JENS NORVED takes a look at the pastor’s ever-constant companion… Source: Perspective Vo10 No3&4 © Pearl Beach Press 2003 These resources can be re-cycled, but not reproduced in print without prior permission from the Editor. author:Jens Norved Pride is an ever-constant companion for the pastor. Pride comes with us to our study. It selects […]
Plagiarism And The Pulpit
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-129 (Leadership Issues) PLAGIARISM AND THE PULPIT by Terry Mattingly One thing great preachers enjoy about traveling is that they can hear other people preach. But the American orator A.J. Gordon received a shock during an 1876 visit to England. Sitting anonymously in a church, he realized that the sermon sounded extremely […]
Leadership And Interpersonal Skills
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-130 (Leadership Issues) A Pastors/Leaders Survival Guide [8] 4. LEADERSHIP AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS By Rowland Croucher —- Continuing our series on Pastors’/Leaders’ ministry-survival. The full text of these chapters can be found on the John Mark Ministries’ Website – http://jmm.org.au/articles/8658.htm In this series of leadership studies, I am looking at the factors […]
When Economists Find Religion
From a netfriend: A friend of mine who works in the Federal Treasury sent me a paper on economic development and religious belief. Looks like believing is good, attending not so … “for given church attendance, increases in some religious beliefs-notably in hell, heaven, and an after-life-tend to increase economic growth. There is also some […]
Spiritual Abuse Still Very Much Alive
In May 2001 I published an article on the subject “Spiritual Abuse- Dead or Alive?” and received a flurry of replies from around Melbourne, Victoria and interstate. They were all saying in unison, ” We know exactly what you are talking about, and we would dearly like to see something done about it ! “ […]
The Management Of Stress
The Management Of Stress, Burnout, Threat, Conflict and Misunderstandings In The Ministry by John Edmiston based on the material in his book Biblical EQ The main sources of stress in Christian ministry can be grouped into four broad areas: 1. Doing too much or doing things that are too complex. 2. The perception of threat […]
Quitting Church
From the latest Leadership email…. SIX WAYS I QUIT CHURCH How I dropped out so I could start living a more Christlike life by Chad Hall In the classic movie A River Runs Through It, Brad Pitt’s character (Paul) is lousy at life but pretty darn good at fly fishing. At one point he says […]
Your Church Can Come Alive: 50 Universal Principles
(Notes of a conference for pastors in India, some time in the 1980s). TEXT: Acts 11: 19-30, 13: 1-3 THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH IS A MODEL CHURCH.FOR ALL CULTURES a.. Persecuted Christians are stronger Christians (11: 19). b.. Live churches emphasise evangelism – by all members (11:19). c.. They are willing to innovate – try […]
Hymn Tunes
From a netfriend: CDs, DVDs, MP3s??????? Why? Have a look for the songs in MIDI format. MIDIs can be played on a computer, using most sound players, through a sound card into a sound system. They are very compact music file formats, too. Search for tunes in MIDI format using your favourite browser. Examples: http://www.cyberhymnal.org […]
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