Church Planting (Page 26)
10 Things to Remember When Building Teams
Good little blog post on the resurgence site here.
When People Don’t Cut It
The hardest part about leading a team is making tough, sometimes unpopular decisions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is handling people who don’t really cut it in the intensity of inner city, church planting/renovation ministry. At NCC, I run what I call my ‘core team’, an ‘internship’ and ‘committed volunteers’. Core Team This…
Advice for Mother Churches in Planting
Great little pearls of wisdom from James MacDonald here.
Mentoring Your Staff
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/video/How-does-a-pastor-mentor-his-staff Check out this video.
10 Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing
Interesting interview here from a planter with over 30 years experience.
The Planter & His team
This is an interesting interview from a conference in the USA for church planters. Do we keep a closer eye on our financial facts and figures than we do on people? Challenging. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/20576340]
Good Shepherds Love Their Own Sheep!
There are lots of good books, websites, blogs and good conferences (in the USA at least) as ‘church planting’ seems to be making a bit of a sexy comeback. I mean, how cool is Mark Driscoll? He pastors a multi-site church of tens of thousands, he writes amusing books, he has a cool blog, he drinks beer, he talks about getting jiggy with it in the pulpit and…
Am I a leader?
This is a tough question and one that gets put to me quite often. What do I think the requirements are of somebody interested in church planting and working in inner city contexts? Too many to stick on one blog. So, let’s just kick around a few. 1. Do you have vision? Not can you see, but are you a visionary? Can you see potential where others see problems? Can you…
Why sissies make bad Pastors
I found this article and was amused by it. check out the blog it came from here. I will make my comments in brackets. If you enter pastoral ministry… 10. Not everyone will like you. (This is an absolute given. Do not enter the ministry if you want everybody to be your ‘friend’, ‘respect your opinion’, ‘agree with you’ and…
The Importance of a Good Wife
A fourth threat to undermine a man’s ministry is a nonsupportive wife. It could also extend to the children, but particularly a nonsupportive wife, one who nags and battles a pastor as he tries to be faithful and loyal to the Lord and the church. If she is negative on the church or the people in it, or if she is spiritually out of sorts or materialistic and self-indulgent…