Helpful points in this Gospel Coalition post by Brandon Levering. 1. Church plants clearly define their mission and keep it before them in everything they do. When you’re starting from scratch, almost everything is intentional. The feel of the webpage, the flow of the nursery system, the types of ministries, the shape of the worship …
From Ed Stetzer.
From John Dickson, posted at the Willow Creek blog: Pastors exercise a unique type of leadership, for the simple reason that ‘structural authority’ hardly features in the biblical teaching about what it means to shepherd God’s people. Generally, leadership employs four tools: (1) ability, the natural flair that got the leader to a position of …
Erik Raymond writes about identifying the most dangerous type of person in a local church. In addition to what’s written below, they’ll usually have belonged to a number of churches in the past. And be happy to tell you what had proved unsatisfactory about each. They’ll usually have a high regard for the teaching office …
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