Chuck Lawless offers ten signs leaders have stopped growing. The head points of his list: You can talk about nothing new about God and His grace. You’ve read no new books in the last six months. You are preaching and teaching “re-runs.” You haven’t recently tackled any “God-sized” challenges. You haven’t shared the gospel with …
Thom Rainer writes about how churches can find themselves with so many programs and activities that they become ineffective at discipling Christians and sharing the Gospel. From Rainer’s post: So how did our churches get in this predicament? The causes are many, but here are seven of them: Our churches equate activity with value. Thus …
Dan Rockwell observes that: “Building an environment of growth is one of leadership’s greatest challenges and opportunities.” From his post: Community: Growth requires community. We stagnate and die in isolation. Everyone needs seclusion to refresh and reflect. But growth requires connection. Who knowingly participates in your growth? Whose growth are you actively encouraging? Who knows …
Chuck Lawless quotes Chuck Swindoll: Why tradition is good: It honors God for what He has done. Tradition, by definition, is tied to the past. Ideally, though, it focuses on God and what He has done, not on what we used to do in the church. Healthy tradition is concerned about glorifying God only. It …
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