Ministry Leadership

How to Become Your Church’s Leader

How to Become Your Church’s Leader Sergeant Ernie Savage embodied the qualities that pastors need to become leaders in their churches. A scene from the film We Were Soldiers shows Savage, portrayed by Ryan Hurst, looking after his platoon during a taxing training exercise. When the company stops to rest, Savage moves quietly through his

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Church Revitalization Plan (Part 1)

Church Revitalization Plan (Part 1) Note: This is the first of two brief articles on church revitalization plans. This one maps out a revitalization strategy for an incoming pastor while the second one will explain how to do the same as an established pastor. So the candidating experience went well and the church just called

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Who’s your neighbor now? 4 Answers.

If you’re an intentional interim pastor you’ll eventually have to answer the question. It will come up because you – the deliberate change agent – will challenge your client church to deal with its inexcusable inward focus. Interim pastors provoke congregations to think long and hard about neighbors. When you ask, “What are you doing

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