Ready to Risk? Starting a new church is never a sure thing. How ready are you to walk onto that limb? Lee A. Dean
Rating:Not yet rated $2.99
Starting a new church is like beginning a new business because both are entrepreneurial activities. An entrepreneur is defined as someone who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. Leaders of new churches face the same three challenges. This activity will focus on the willingness to take risks, both as individuals and as a group.
Fred Smith Sr. Adapted from Leading with Integrity (Bethany, 1999). Used with permission.
Discuss
1. Which of these traits are my strengths? What areas need strengthening for me? For our team? What can we strategically implement to improve in this area?
2. How do these traits compare with those in Scripture (1 Tim. 3:113; Titus 1:79)?
Adapted from Leading with Integrity (Bethany, 1999). Used with permission.
Discuss
Which of these traits are my strengths? What areas need strengthening for me? For our team? What can we strategically implement to improve in this area?
How Your Church Feels About Money In order to know what to expect from your church’s finances you must understand its culture, mindset, and financial setting. Gary Fenton
Rating: $2.99
Late one evening, a young pastor called me, a frantic tone in his voice. He quickly got to the point: he feared he was about to be fired.
He outlined his story. Nine months earlier, when he accepted the church's invitation to become pastor, the church's needs and his gifts had seemed a good match.
Although the church had a budget, the former pastor and treasurer had never followed it. Upon the death ...
A Budget Primer The misuse of money causes fractured relationships and spiritual atrophy. C. Neil Strait
Rating:Not yet rated $2.99
The misuse of money blocks more ministry in the local church than any other single cause. The reason may be too much money, too little money, or misuse of just the right amount of money, but the result is the same: fractured relationships and spiritual atrophy. A pastor taking a new church had better get the financial picture of the church well in hand before anything else is attempted.