Leadership/Ministry Training (Page 19)
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…
Mentoring Your Staff
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/video/How-does-a-pastor-mentor-his-staff Check out this video.
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…
The Danger of Perfectionism
I found this little article really helpful in terms of helping me to engage with this issue a little more. Read it here. The danger for me is that I am such a perfectionist and even though I know it is unbiblical to think like this, I get horribly disappointed and frustrated at myself for failures in my life. I do work hard at teaching my team that if we’re not…
The Trellis & The Vine
This is a good book that has been out for a couple of years now. It is written by a man called Colin Marshall who has been involved in training men and women for ministry for over 30 years. His quite obvious focus is on training men and women in our churches to be effective gospel communicators, disciplers and trainers. His thesis is that if we train more people in…
Take a guilt free break
This is a short article from resurgence (here) on taking a break to avoid burnout. I have to confess that I am almost useless at doing this. If I have a spare hour or two in the day I have to fill it by reading or doing something ‘productive’ because I find it so difficult to switch off. Any ideas?
Who Should lead a church plant?
A lecture from Mark Driscoll on the issue of church planting. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/23990625]
Can I Pastor when my wife & I disagree on our roles?
I thought this was a thought provoking little read from Russell D Moore. See article here.
Pastor as the Chief Fundraiser!
Darrin Patrick gives a lecture on what it means to raise funds for planting a church. His advice, ‘go and learn from somebody for a coupe of years. Shut up and work.’ Nice. Listen to what he has to say here.
Love Your Pastor Peeps!!
Interesting article from a USA perspective. I wonder what the statistics would be in the UK? I know there is a chronic shortage of pastors in our country. Less and less men seem to be taking up the ministry. I imagine in church planting circles the rates of attrition are higher still.…