Notable Voices and the Week in Review: November 18, 2017
Seven Ways Being Nice Hurts Your Church
Eight Keys for Church Christmas Services – Rainer on Leadership #380
Eight Ways Churches Can Leverage the Ubiquity of Smartphones
Four Kinds of Leaders Who Will Not Successfully Lead a Church Revitalization – Revitalize and Replant #013
Why (Mostly) Healthy Churches Should Consider Acquiring a Dying Church – Revitalize & Replant #014
Five Problems Caused by Short Pastoral Tenure – Rainer on Leadership #381
A Plea for Church Leaders to Say and Do Intentional Evangelism — Sam Rainer
The vast majority of churches are not effective evangelistically. This truth is hard because of what God desires of His church. The church is not a destination for crowds but rather a vehicle to take gospel-sharing people to the ends of the earth. Evangelism is falling off the radar for many churches. The solution is simple: Church leaders must show the way by being more intentional about evangelism and talking about these efforts. We need to say and do intentional evangelism.
Facing Three Common Ministry Fears — Cody Deevers
Why are we afraid to ask others for help? We are fallen. We are not 100% totally secure in who we are or who He is. Therefore, we give others more say than God would have us to give. It is called fear of man. While fear of man can take on many forms, here are three specific areas of ministry where it rears its ugly head nearly every time and how I am learning to deal with it.
6 Mistakes Leaders Make in Their First 90 Days — Eric Geiger
While there is nothing magical about the number, many have used the “first 90 days” to describe the important first days in a leader’s new role. In his helpful book The First 90 Days, Michael Watkins encourages leaders to adjust their leadership to the context and life cycle of the organization: start-up, realignment, sustaining success, or turnaround. As an example, leading in a start-up or turnaround requires a very different approach than a seasoned and sustainable organization. But no matter what context you find yourself in, there are six common mistakes you can avoid during your first ninety days.
4 Reasons Every Pastor Should Exercise — Chad Ashby
Do pastors get to pass GO and collect $200 when it comes to exercise? Are these excuses valid? Below are four reasons pastors—and all Christians—should consider exercise as a regular part of their weekly activities.
10 Heartaches of Being a Pastor — Chuck Lawless
I make no claim that pastors are perfect people. We mess up. We can be arrogant and uncaring at times. At the same time, though, most pastors I know are genuine, faithful followers of God who love their congregations. They’ve learned, too, that the work of pastoral ministry often carries heartache with it. Here are some of those aches:
How Southern Baptists Trained More Disaster Relief Volunteers than the Red Cross— Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Southern Baptists already have 65,000 trained volunteers; the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) disaster response is so massive it financially trails only the Red Cross and the Salvation Army—and has more trained disaster relief volunteers than either one.
