Leadership/Ministry Training (Page 20)
What is a Healthy Church Member?
This little book is fresh out of the 9 Marks school and is a useful little book that I have been taking my church members through every month. Chapters include: being an expositional listener, a biblical theologian, gospel saturated, genuinely converted, a biblical evangelist, a committed member, a seeker of discipline, a growing disciple, a humble follower and a prayer…
Worship Leader v Biblical Preacher
An informative and biblical essay by Bob Kauflin on this topic can be found here. He quotes Gordon MacDonald, “For many young people choosing a church, worship leaders have become a more important factor than preachers. Mediocre preaching may be tolerated, but an inept worship leader can sink things fast.” Don Carson disputes the whole notion of a ‘worship…
Handling Criticism
A handy little article that deserves careful thought. http://headhearthand.posterous.com/4-ways-to-benefit-from-criticism
Influencing not controlling our teams
Another interesting perspective on leadership. http://theresurgence.com/2011/02/15/the-fast-eat-the-slow-and-influence-beats-control
Getting killed by middle men!
Interesting video on ensuring that your church is not killed off by policy makers. http://theresurgence.com/2011/05/12/the-mistake-of-leading-from-the-middle
Do we need worship leaders?
Many may argue against it (and do) but for me the rise of this ‘ministry’ is a very modern and ‘large church’ phenomenon. Interestingly, in Ed Stetzer’s book, he says that church plants should not consider opening their doors without having recruited a worship leader. Sorry to disagree Ed, but I just can’t see it as a necessity in the…
Preaching, Family & Getting Our Priorities Right
I spent a couple of hours this morning in a meeting with R Kent Hughes and various pastors from Scotland. He spoke very eloquently on the subject of his pastoral experience and his belief in ‘expository’ preaching. RKH has written numerous books and we as a church have been using…
Altar Calls
Interesting article published by The Gospel Coalition. http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabitianyabwile/2011/04/29/what-about-altar-calls/
Dealing with personal criticism
This link is worth checking out from the website of CJ Mahaney. Wince, and enjoy! http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/blogs/cj-mahaney/post/2011/04/28/The-Pastor-and-Personal-Criticism-PDF-free-ebooks.aspx
9 Marks of a Healthy Church
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/15013700]We have used this book in our evening teaching sessions at the church. It doesn’t claim to be comprehensive but it is extremely helpful and practical. I did find that I had to do some work ‘fleshing it out’ and contextualising it for my people but it was well worth the effort.