Doug Fields shares some important tips about the difficult, but sometimes necessary, work of firing volunteer staff.
Church Leadership
“Kids Killed Our Church Plant”—10 Best Church Planting and Children’s Ministry Resources
Learning to bring together church planting and children’s ministry is the best kind of problem we should hope to face.
How to Build Your Leadership Muscles
Here are some things to keep in mind as you grow your leadership muscles for new challenges.
Three Types of People in Every Church – Who Should You Embrace?
In Judson Edward’s book, The Leadership Labyrinth, he describes 21 paradoxes in ministry. He defines the ‘relationship paradox’ in this way: the people who like you the most will be the ones you try least to please. He then writes that these three kinds of people fill every church. His insights are quite helpful. The energizers: their very…
Why “Church Leadership” is NOT a Dirty Word
The more I have written about church leadership the more critics would email to say I shouldn’t. I shouldn’t tie leadership and the church together so closely. People have said I focus too much on church leadership and not enough on Jesus.
Charles Stone: What I Learned from Kids Who Are Surviving Cancer
That’s when, as I fought back tears, I jotted down these insights that I learned from these kids who are surviving cancer.
