What is keeping many of these churches from reaching their full potential? In many cases, I think it’s something as simple – but decisive – as the Shepherd-Rancher divide. This is based on the premise that these are the two basic kinds of church leaders — Shepherds and Ranchers.
Church Leadership
The Church That Saved Me
We had some successes in the five years I pastored there—increased attendance, major structural changes, renewed vision, and healthy leadership — it wasn’t me who saved the church. The church saved me.
Leadership and Friendship – What Church Planters Need Most
What did friendship mean to me during my years as a pastor? What is your experience at the intersection of leadership and friendship?
Lessons Learned: 9 Things I Wish I Knew 40 Years Ago
As a leader in the church for over forty years, among the lessons learned one thing is for certain: Very little is for certain.
10 Signs That Point to Whose Kingdom You Are Building
This book excerpt is from “You Misspelled Christian: How to Bring Heaven to Your Current Circumstances,” by Rob Shepherd
Are You a Virtuous Leader?
Are you a virtuous leader? Great leaders conceal nothing and are readily willing to share their motives so that others can know the deepest level of their integrity.
