Notable Voices: January 9, 2016

Four Things Every Great Leader Needs — Art Rainer

Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and with varying skill sets. But all successful leaders tend to have or develop these four characteristics.

 

When People Leave Your Church — Dean Inserra

If you are a pastor, you will have people leave the church. It’s inevitable. In this post, Dean explains some of the good and not-so-good reasons that people leave a church.

 

Hope for the Young Pastor — Brandon Smith

Those new to ministry will make mistakes (and hopefully learn from them) and can get easily discouraged. Brandon shares four points that helped him mature as a young minister.

 

Five Ways Leaders Lose Credibility — Eric Geiger

If you are going to lead, you need credibility for people to follow you. Eric explains how it’s not always what you have that leads to losing credibility, but what you lack.

 

14 Mistakes Church Leaders Make — Chuck Lawless

Chuck is kind to stop at 14. This list could be much longer. And this post is a great example of why organizations like Vanderbloemen Search Group are so helpful to churches who are looking for staff.

 

5 Secret Objections to Change — Ron Edmondson

I’m in the midst of finishing my next book. It’s on the topic of leading change in the church. I can attest to these five reasons Ron lists.

 

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