Prepared for A Crisis? Make sure your congregation knows what to do in case of a bomb threat, fire, or scandal. Mike Bayer
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Scene 1: It's Sunday morning and the worship service is in progress when someone walks up to the pastor and hands him a piece of paper. The note says, "We've just received a bomb threat."
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Scene 3: On Saturday morning, you're drinking a cup of coffee and scanning the newspaper when you notice your church's name in a story. To your dismay, the headline reads: "Food Poisoning Breaks Out After Church ...
Getting to Know You New leaders have a variety of ways to get acquainted with those they will lead. Robert Kemper
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When a new person assumes a ministry leadership role, two questions immediately come to the surface. Ministry workers and constituents ask, "What kind of a person is the new leader?" The leader wants to know, "What kind of people will I be leading and serving?" Here are three ways a new ministry leader can break the ice.
Introduce Yourself in Writing
Becoming acquainted involves teaching a ministry ...
Power from the Start These effective measures can help you thrive in your new ministry leadership role. Ed Dobson
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If you are starting ministry, or beginning a new ministry, you are in the best position to set healthy expectations and control the atmosphere that surrounds your work. Though expectations can be changed later, it's easiest to set things right in the beginning. Here are some steps that are helpful.
1. Learn what the people expect. It's not too early, even before you begin your first day on the job, ...
The First Year Building trust and being the right kind of change agent help a new leader succeed. Robert Kemper
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Just because the process of changing ministry leaders is commonplace, it doesn't mean it's uniform or easy. How you handle that first year makes a huge difference in the rest of your tenure. There are two areas that deserve special attention.
Building Mutual Trust
Know your roles: The essential factor in enduring, mutually satisfying relationships is trust. More particularly, the ministry and leader ...
When the Honeymoon Is Over Getting to know each other is one thing; learning to live together is another. Doug Scott
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If the honeymoon is a time when leader and ministry get to know one another, after the honeymoon is a time when leader and ministry learn how to live together. There are five key areas new leaders must plan ahead for as they nurture the relationship after the honeymoon is over.
Stewardship of Self
Some issues in ministry life everyone cares about—the stability of the budget, how many people are ...
Learning the Real History Ask the right questions in the right way to get a picture of your ministry’s past. Doug Scott
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When you become a new leader, a necessary task is to learn the real history of the ministry enterprise you are inheriting. One of the best ways to do this is to sit down with those who work in the ministry and who are served by it and ask a series of insightful questions. One good place to have these discussions is in your home over dinner.
No matter what food you serve, the story is always the main ...
Laying a Firm Foundation Starting a new ministry demands careful thinking about leadership, purpose, and strategy. Don Cousins
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The best churches and denominations encourage the launch of new ministries. However, like an iceberg, much of the important work lies below the surface and takes place before the actual ministry work begins. Here are some basic ways to lay the groundwork for a new ministry.
Begin with Your Leaders
While need is undoubtedly the seed that plants a ministry idea, need alone is an insufficient foundation ...
Add Value to Your Volunteers Thinking of your helpers as enlistees instead of draftees makes them want to serve. Ken Horton and Al Sibello
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When you are starting a new ministry, you need soldiers. Trying to draft them doesn't work for the long haul. It's only when you begin enlisting people that their service changes from "ought to" motivation to "want to" motivation. Here is how to create a climate where people want to serve.
Treat volunteers as leaders-in-training. Help people develop as leaders, not just plug another leak in the ministry dike. The goal is to make them fruitful in ministry, not merely enlist them to help you do ministry. As you encourage volunteers to be leaders, their creativity will be unleashed, which will improve the ministry. Their commitment will be strengthened because they feel more responsible for the ministry. Their confidence will develop as they experience God's blessing in the ministry.
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