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 …
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 …
The notion of a ‘No Complaining Rule’ is not to stifle dissent or even questioning of leadership. I’ve pointed out for years that no one has the spiritual gift of pointing out a problem. Pointing out a problem is not a gift, it’s just stating the obvious. Pretty much any idiot can point out a …
Words of encouragement for pastors, church leaders and those who minister from Paul Tripp. A pastor is not scholar in residence or a visiting consultant. I’m thankful for the community of love of which I’m a part at mgpc. We’re not perfect, and we do fail, but that reminds us not to place all our …
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