At mgpc we’re striving to become a church that knows what we need to do and purposefully carries out plans to bring our aspirations to reality. It’s pretty tiring in transition, but we are starting to see fruit and progress. This YouTube sums up the philosophy perfectly. HT: Kevin DeYoung
At the Sola Panel Sandy Grant has worked his way through seven postings that reflect on the content of Zac Veron’s book ‘Leadership on the Front Foot’. The book was joint 2nd prize winner of the Australian Christian book of the Year 2009. The thought that the book contains twenty-three principles for effective leadership could …
There have been a couple of interesting posts on elders’ meetings over the last few days. At theological college most of our training in leading elders’ meetings had to do with knowing how to use our rule book. (The pastor is the presiding member of elders’ meetings.) A good meeting was one in which no …
A couple of weeks ago I posted a brief reflection on a blog piece written by Tim Keller, lead pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. Keller characterised various emphases of different churches, and described his (and my) tradition as distinctively having: ‘a ‘prophetic’ emphasis on preaching, teaching, and doctrine. The danger there is …
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