Practical tips from Bobby Jamieson at 9Marks which follow prior posts on the subject of making sure groups exist to serve the church and not have the church exist to run groups. 1. Put better content in the programs you’ve got. If you’ve got programs that aren’t going away any time soon, figure out how …
The Elephant Room is a moderated panel discussion of pastors hosted by James MacDonald and his invited guests. This year Crawford Loritts, Jack Graham, James MacDonald, Mark Driscoll, Steven Furtick, T.D. Jakes, and Wayne Cordeiro. The aim of the event is to have pastors with differing philosophies discuss issues involved in planting, growing and leading …
Terry Johnson is pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, USA. Ligon Duncan refers to calendars of hymns and psalms for singing which Johnson produces around which the songs for IPC’s worship songs are chosen. Johnson’s aim is for all the Psalms to be sung over a three year cycle and for the ‘best’ …
Participating in mgpc’s holiday program for kids it is delightful to see eight teenagers doing a lot of the work involved in making each day’s activities flow. In this post at Catalyst’s blog, Ron Edmonson suggests ten characteristics of a healthy team or organisation: A shared vision is held by all team members. Team members …
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