A while ago I wrote a post on funerals which some people found helpful. Harry Reeder (Embers To A Flame, Briarwood Presbyterian Church USA) offers these extended thoughts on his blog about the opportunity to offer the Gospel through funerals, whether for those who did not profess faith in Christ or those who did: Interestingly, …
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 …
Drafted by Shawn Lovejoy at Catalystspace. After much prayer and reflection, I have made a private decision I need to make public here today. Effective immediately, I am resigning as the Leader of our church. Why am I taking this drastic measure? The answer is simple: The challenges of leadership here are simply more than …
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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