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January 13, 2020
4 Things Everyone Should Do Before Starting a New Job at a Church
Starting a job often feels like New Year’s Day. It’s a new beginning and offers fresh ambition to become the person you so desire.
A New Year and a new job not only holds hopeful expectations, but they both require planning and goal setting to reach that desired outcome. Without a clear path and an outlined way to get there, you are setting yourself up for setbacks or possible failure.
A job in ministry is no different. Some would argue it is even more important to understand what to do...
January 10, 2020
Setting Goals For Your Marriage Ministry in the New Year
I absolutely admire Aaron. He’s a Hispanic guy who used to be the janitor at his church. Aaron and his wife asked the church leadership if they could start a Bible study for young married couples to help build strong marriages in their congregation.
Today, Aaron is a full-time marriage and family ministry pastor—serving that same church with literally hundreds of couples being reached by his ministry. That’s all because he saw a need for a marriage ministry at his church and was bold enough...
January 8, 2020
The One Thing You Need To Prioritize This Year
Everyone is talking about the progress they’remaking on their New Year’s resolutions. And here you are—in the middle of your ministry year, just holding on for dear life. It’s the start of a new year, but you may already feel exhausted, frustrated, discouraged, and burned out.
If you’re not feeling these yet, you will at some point in your ministry career. These are the challenges I’m hearing over and over from church leaders.
Too many tasks on the list. Too few workers to carry the load. ...January 6, 2020
7 Questions to Ask to Evaluate Yourself as a Church Leader
Anyone who looks in a mirror finds a person looking back. The looking is easy. It’s what we see—and what we do about what we see—that matters.
Of course, as pastors and church leaders, we’re after that metaphorical mirror—one that looks around and within, on a journey toward productive self-evaluation.
And that’s a tall order. But if you want to be effective in your role, you have to keep growing and keep showing up for yourself, your family, and your congregation.
Scripture Offers a Clear...January 3, 2020
5 Ways to Set Goals For Your Ministry This Year
January is right around the corner. And it’s time to set goals, right?
Well, that’s what everyone tells us. Sure, the start of the year is a natural time to re-evaluate where we are and look forward to where we want to go.
But the key isn’t just to set goals or resolutions for the sake of setting them. It’s not to take on a to-do list just because everyone else is or because we don’t want to feel like a slacker.
As ministry leaders, we’re naturally goal-driven. The new year gives us the...
January 1, 2020
5 Fresh Starts Every Pastor Can Look Forward To
The Christmas season has passed and a new year is upon us! Depending on what type of personality you may be, this will either bring a fresh round of excitement for the beginning of a new season of ministry, or it might bring some of those post-holiday blues that so many feel.
Regardless of how you might be feeling right now, there is a huge opportunity in front of you as a leader. A new year brings so many things. The biggest is an opportunity to remind the people you lead about the mission,...
December 31, 2019
The Top 10 Orange Leader Blog Posts of 2019
What kind of year did you have in 2019? Was it great? A disappointment? Somewhere in between?
No matter what kind of year you had, it’s almost over. And we all get another 365 days to do our best in 2020.
But before we get to next year, we wanted to celebrate the top blog posts from Orange Leaders during 2019. We published about 150 different posts during the year and here are the top 10, based on the number of views by readers like you.
Andy Stanley Shares About Clarity, Controversy and...December 30, 2019
Setting Goals for Community Outreach This Year
Wow! What a fiercely passionate holiday extravaganza! Maybe by now we have caught our breath. For a moment there, we were hands on knees vigorously mouth-breathing. In ministry, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s make for an exhilarating ride.
Every holiday season, we can expect changes in weather, parking lot and traffic congestion, and more families visiting our churches. The holidays have a way of bringing so many people together. We know this. But we also know that the rest of the...
December 27, 2019
4 Ways to Win the Week Between Christmas and New Year’s
For weeks and weeks, we prepare for the big day. With anticipation, excitement, and a bit of stress—we make plans at home and at church, and hustle until it all comes together. And than in a matter of 24 crazy hours, it’s all past.
There are probably still remnants of Christmas reminders—candle wax in the carpet, shreds of wrapping paper in the living room, and classrooms still decorated with trees and gifts. In the midst of the exhaustion, mess, and hint of relief—what happens in those...
December 24, 2019
A Joyful Christmas
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord”. – Luke 2:10-11
There are a handful of passages in the Bible that speak to the Christmas story. Isaiah’s prophecies are rich, powerful, and moving. His words, along with the words of other prophets, give insight to the beautiful story of redemption God was writing. Matthew’s writing highlights...
