Notable Voices and the Week in Review: January 28, 2017
Seven Steps to Take If the Cartel and Bullies Run You Out of the Church
Why Smaller Churches Are Going Multisite – Rainer on Leadership #296
Six Current Trends in Land Purchases by Churches
Young Influencer List: January 2017
Seven Questions to Ask When You’re Not Hired Near Unanimously – Rainer on Leadership #297
3 Ways Some Churches Grow Without Getting Bigger — Karl Vaters
Sure, there are healthy churches that are growing numerically, and a lot of unhealthy ones that aren’t. But there are a lot of healthy, outward-reaching churches that don’t see the kind of butts-in-the-seats growth they’ve been told is inevitable. So if all healthy things grow, how is growth happening in churches that aren’t seeing the expected increase in attendance? Here are three ways I’ve seen:
10 Ridiculously Simple Steps for Writing a Book — Jeff Goins
The hard part of writing a book isn’t getting published. With more opportunities than ever to become an author, the most difficult part of writing now isn’t publishing your work. It’s writing it in the first place.
How to Follow a Long-Tenured Pastor — Hershael York
Following a pastor who has run well and gone the distance is only a problem for those who lack the character or the stamina to do the same. Taking the baton of leadership from someone who has served the church for twenty years or more is certainly not without daunting challenges and discouraging obstacles, but the advantages of stability—even when “stability” has morphed into apparent intransigence—are usually preferable to following a rapid succession of pastors who did not stay long enough to lead the people in any meaningful sense of the word.
6 Areas Where Ministry and the Generations Collide — Chris Hefner
Generational ministry is important. Embracing the generations in your church may create opportunities for spiritual growth.
Four Signs Ministry Has Become All About You — J.D. Greear
Sadly, most of us can all too easily recount stories of pastors who betrayed their congregations, who hurt the very people God had called them to love, who—in short—made their ministry all about them. Some of these pastors may have had their own inflated sense of grandeur from day one. But more often than not, these are the same guys who entered the ministry legitimately wanting to serve others, not angling to build an empire. And yet somewhere along the way, they got a taste for glory. And instead of being the shepherds of God’s people, teaching them to have faith in God, they become stumbling blocks, impediments keeping people from considering God at all.
3 Reasons Some Churches Struggle to Empower Young Leaders — Eric Geiger
