We can uplift and affirm one another in a variety of ways. Number these ways of encouraging others according to what you use, 1 being what you tend to use most, down to 8, or what you tend to use least.
____ Speaking. Proverbs 16:24 says, "Pleasant words are … sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." The number of ways we can encourage one another through our speech is almost limitless. One ...
Climate Control Values for a healthy church atmosphere. with Gary Fenton, Randy Frazee, and Gary Simpson
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Values, like the wind, are invisible. But underlying every decision a church makes is a value, which affects the climate of a congregation. Three pastors—Gary Fenton, pastor of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; Randy Frazee, pastor of Pantego Bible Church in Arlington, Texas; and Gary Simpson, pastor of Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York—discuss ...
Leaders worked with volunteers throughout the Bible. In order to do so effectively, they employed basic principles for working with lay people. Here are some lessons the leaders of the Bible have to teach church leaders today:
Ezekiel: Think Empathetically
Church leaders need to remember what it's like to have a "normal" job and family life. They need to learn, like Ezekiel did, to sit where the people ...
Editor's note: this article is excerpted from the Building Church Leaders downloadSoul Care.
Perhaps the most exciting and intimidating role a small-group leader may play in the lives of small-group participants is that of "spiritual guide." The excitement lies in being midwife to another's insight and mentor to another's mission. The intimidation lies in the sheer terror that someone might actually ...
Few have given clearer thought to the role of pastoral ministry than Eugene H. Peterson, professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a pastor for more than three decades. Kevin A. Miller, editor of Leadership journal (a sister publication of Christianity Today, from which this article is excerpted), probed Peterson on the following subjects:
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