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Skype Session with Will Mancini
Last week, I had the privilege to be part of a class of leaders and pastors who got to spend time with thought leaders in the church world. Today, I’ll be blogging the highlights of what I learned through the one hour Skype session we had with Will Mancini. Will Mancini leads Auxano & wrote the…
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How to Know if Ministry Has Become your Idol
During our class today with Dr. Ed Stetzer, we discussed some principles we have learned from our reading of Eric Geiger’s book Designed to Lead. One of the things that got me thinking and actually hit me was the part where we discussed ministry idolatry. It was a good heart check for me today whether…
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Why Mission Brings Focus
Have you ever been part of a group where there is no mission? Or have you been part of a church, attending every week, but you don’t know the reason why the church was first started? A church is designed to be a community with a mission. God has given the church gifts to serve…
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Four Reasons Why Some Pastors Don’t Equip Believers
The New Testament concept of the pastor is not of a person who jealously guards all ministry in his own hands… but one who helps and encourages all of God’s people to discover, develop, and exercise their gifts. His teaching and training are directed to this end, to enable the people of God to be…
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Conviction for Leadership
One of the books that stirred up something in me was the book Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck. In this book, they presented that the locus of leadership development is the local church. This reminded me of the statement Bill Hybels made that the local church is the hope of the…