Research into Resources
Hiring someone new in your ministry? Need to overhaul your own job description with your church board?
Peter Drucker used to say that your job description (we’ll call it a Performance Agreement from here on out) should be written in…
We’ve all been told that there are more than 2,000 Bible verses that deal with money or that Jesus talked about money more than any other topic in his ministry. However, for all the “public” discussion about money, the Church…
The informal job description of most pastors goes something like this: “Help us grow; don’t change anything.”
You’re smiling. Of course, growth requires change. Of course, change is painful. And of course, we avoid pain at all costs. So while…
The Gallup Management Journal recently published an article entitled, “What Strong Teams Have In Common - The Five sure signs of an excellent team.”
Here is the summary:
1. Conflict doesn’t destroy strong teams because strong teams…
Like many of you, I have come to appreciate Jim Collins’ work. His book, Good to Great, helped me articulate some of my hunches about leadership (can anyone say hedgehog?).
Yesterday, Mark Maines,…
Here’s another temptation from Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Temptations of a CEO: the failure to have clear vision and clear goals.
What’s vision? My best definition, one I’ve heard multiple times and don’t know who to attribute it to, is…
I love re-reading books. I often feel like I learn and apply more the second time around (kind of like the way “Princess Bride” seems to get better every time I watch it).
I’m re-reading The Five Temptations of a…
A few days ago I blogged about a really great phone conversation I had with a few sharp youth leaders from the same church. They called because their Sunday mornings have gotten a bit dry.
I asked them two questions…
I had a great phone conversation with two very sharp youth leaders from the same church today. I asked them the question that I’m asking lots of folks these days, “How is the economy affecting you?”
Their church is responding…
While we have heard from a lot of churches who are in the initial steps of merging onto the road of intergenerational ministry, some wonder, “What do we do after those first few miles?” How do we make intergenerational youth ministry not just an experiment but a long-term part of our DNA? David Fraze explores a case study interview with pastor and author Tod Bolsinger.
