In the area of leadership training, I found out a lot about church leaders in 2003. Here are a few bits of wisdom I gained that you may also relate to:
Church leaders are interested in assessment tools that help them address strengths and weaknesses of certain aspects of their ministry. They want to see potential areas of improvement and be given steps to do that.
Handouts that provide a simple How-To on common overlooked areas of the church are popular. Leaders want resources they can copy and pass out to their new volunteers. In 2004, we'll be adding more Practical Skills handouts on hot topics for churches.
Several years ago, a generous church member invited me to go with him to watch a heavyweight fight in Las Vegas. I couldn't help but notice the signs. They're everywhere: big signs, little signs, blinking, flashing, moving signs, even talking signs. It was dazzling.
They don't have a lot to say, but they definitely know how to say it, I thought.
It's just the opposite in the church. We have everything ...
ARTICLE How the Family Church Grows Honest talk about leading change in the smaller congregation. Kathy Callahan-Howell, Gary Farley, Martin Giese
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Churches are getting smaller and larger"—that's
the analysis of some who read church demographics. As the culture shifts, the two survivors seem to be large, full-service churches, and small, intimate-family churches.
Many books and seminars trumpet churches that are large. Fewer provide help for churches that are small.Leadership asked three veterans of small churches to give honest and practical ...
DEVOTIONS Diversity By Design So often it seems easier to do things ourselves; we wish we didn't have to deal with so many varying personalities, agendas, and diverse ways of seeing life. Richard Halverson
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There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. …
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
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