David Jones is a pastor, church-planter and currently moderator-general of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Here’s the video of a recent talk he gave about church planting/growth in Adelaide. The audio is not perfect, but it is listenable. Don’t mind the brief ad at the beginning. Many thanks to Damien and the team at Para …
I found these thoughts by Dan Rockwell at Leadership Freak helpful: Many leaders and managers have a compelling; even perverse interest is fixing things. Average managers solve problems and get results. Great managers build people. A recent conversation with a new manager reminded me that it’s all about people. If you build them, they will fix …
Why I Have No Difficulty Helping “Issue Christians” to Move On Sound advice about a ticklish issue from Ed Stetzer, and not just for pastors and church leaders, sometimes first time visitors will be happy to bail up anyone and tell them what they think is deficient about the church. They may even have a …
When I was training for ministry twenty years ago the phrase ‘a pastor’s heart’ kept coming up again and again. I don’t hear it so much these days. It seems the emphasis now rests on the pastor’s management or entrepreneurial (or coffee-making) skills. Craig Barnes, pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, professor of leadership and ministry …
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