A spirit of distrust of boards has pervaded Parkway Church. The church had to call business meetings on three consecutive Sundays in an attempt to pass a budget. People believed the board was "up to something" or "trying to pull a fast one."
Several people in the congregation have said, "Our church doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up. Who are we? Where are we going?"
A spirit of distrust of boards has pervaded Parkway Church. The church had to call business meetings on three consecutive Sundays in an attempt to pass a budget. People believed the board was "up to something" or "trying to pull a fast one."
Several people in the congregation have said, "Our church doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up. Who are we? Where are we going?"
Willing to Commit How to tap into the needs of newcomers. with Reggie McNeal
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How do leaders connect visitors into the life of the church? In this interview, Reggie McNeal, director of the leadership development team for the South Carolina Baptist Convention, says the place to begin is with your assumptions.
In an era in which institutional commitment and loyalty seem thin, how does a church motivate people to connect deeper into its body life?
United We Decide 4 ways to energize the process of making a decision. Stephen Lim
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Whether a church is considering a building project, adding a service, or changing its bylaws, decisions often divide. People take sides. But the process of making a major decision can be unifying and energizing. Here are suggestions.
1. Work as a team. Our culture accustoms us to the model of parliamentary debate. But this method usually entrenches individuals in their view as they seek to defend it, ...
How to Be a Mentor 4 ways to make a difference in someone's life. Earl F. Palmer
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A mentoring relationship is primarily a friendship. Here are several things to help us develop meaningful relationships with those we mentor:
1. Create encounters. We can't mentor unless we have contact with people. Church retreats may open the door for meeting people. We can watch especially for those who make the effort to come talk to us as a result of those encounters.
Every year, about 1.6 million Americans pack up and head out on short-term missions trips. For nearly 20 years, Cindy Judge's passion has been training and equipping the people who lead those trips. And the consequences of unprepared leaders in the missions field, she says, can be dire.
"If you don't have a good leader, you can experience only ten percent of what you could on-site," says Judge, the ...
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