Leaving Ministry: When a Secular Job Looks Inviting To A Pastor
Everyone thinks about leaving ministry. I’ve been there. I know pastors and staff members who are there now. And, I’ve known leaders who actually took this route. It happens.
Category: Leadership
Avoid the Leadership “Death Spiral”
An aviation term called a death spiral describes what can happen to a plane in nighttime or poor flying conditions when a pilot loses his sense of the plane’s horizontal orientation. In ministry, leaders can often get caught in a similar downward spiral.
What Do You Mean, “Church Plant”?
Every church is a church plant. No contemporary church came into existence ex nihilo. All churches had starting points–planting points.
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.
3 Big Reasons People Might Leave Your Church
Do you know why people might leave your church? It may not be for the reasons you’re thinking.
Relationships Require Follow-Up
The more I lead others and the longer I live, the more I learn about relationships. And relationships require follow-up.
Church Planter: What’s Your Identity in Christ?
The funny thing about how we define our lives is that we identify them through a negative focus. That’s why self-identity is so important.
Want to Lead Well? Pray Well!
Those who lead well also pray well. I see this in my own life when it comes to my marriage, family, work or anything I’m in charge of, the more I consider these things in prayer and declare my dependence on God in prayer, the better leader I am for those things.
Church Planters and “One Trippers”—Why We Carry Too Much
A one tripper is someone who is determined to get everything in one trip. The thing about one trippers is that they’re willing to go to great lengths in order to accomplish their very important mission.
Your Jesus; My Jesus: Why Does Everyone Want to Claim Jesus?
Your Jesus; my Jesus: Conservatives want Jesus. Progressives want Jesus. Everyone wants Jesus on their side…as long as you get to limit who Jesus actually is.
