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who’s the leader?
The past two weeks is sort of a reassessment of my leadership. Last month we got a really great, convicting PEP talk from Pastor Steve Murrell on leadership. The talk sort of opened a box for our church staff to start reassessing our leadership roles and responsibilities. A leader is someone who knows what is…
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The Expendables in your church
Do you have the Stallones, Willis, Statham, Li, Crews, Rourke, Couture who backs you up pastor? Who are the expendables in your church? Who backs you up? Who are the elders or what we call “olders” in church who you run to for advice and bounce back your ideas and recent learnings from Scripture on…
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Pressures and God
Everybody pastor of a church faces pressure. The pressure to make the church grow, the pressure to have a healthy cash inflow to fund the work of God in the city, the pressure to balance ministry and family, the pressure to preach a new message week in and week out, the pressure to be pastoral…
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Doing things that Matter
Only do what you can do. If you can delegate the other work so you can focus on doing the things you are supposed to be doing – do so! What are some things as a pastor that only you can do: 1. Your own personal development – your walk with God is something you…
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John Wooden’s Team Spirit
Basketball legendary coach John Wooden once said that the way he builds the team spirit drastically changed because he changed a word that defines team spirit. Many of us try to have the team spirit by our willingness to lose ourself for the better of the team. John Wooden challenges us to change the word…