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Leadership Community

  For today’s Whiteboard Wednesday- Doug McClintic describes how we can cultivate a leadership community in order to facilitate leadership development. Interested in forming a leadership community in your church? Start by holding a monthly leadership meeting to work toward a shared vision, and intentional skill development, as you huddle ministry leaders together. The best approach is to invite all …

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Leading Through Transition

I have just completed a transition that has led to the hiring of a pastor whom I believe will fit and serve well. As well, the congregation has been prepared for his leadership toward change and into their community with mission. A common surprise for the members was that ministry, mission, growth, maturity and bearing fruit could not merely go …

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Deep Change or Slow Death

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Rick Veenstra, the Regional Executive / Leadership Development Catalyst for the Great Lakes Region share with us today on how to make deep and impactful changes in our Church organizations. Christian churches, like many other organizations in the United States, have essentially two options: We can either engage in deep transformative change, or …

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Take off the Mask

“What are you afraid of,” my mentor asked me, “that you will tell people what they already know?” The question was rather comical and extremely humbling at the same time.  This mentor was noticing that I had a bad habit of trying to hide my true self from people.  My mentor also knew that I tried to pretend I was …

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Deep and Wide

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Mike Gafa, the Church Leadership Development Catalyst for Luminex, describes the concept of ‘Deep and Wide’ and how we can use this knowledge as a tool to assess churches and help them to improve. The mission of every church is the great co-mission that Jesus gave us to go and make disciples. And the way …

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Coaching Delivers

“I feel spiritually dry,” I admitted. “What has brought you out of that dryness in the past,” she asked.   “I feel most alive when I’m working on something that is beyond me, that requires faith,” I responded. “What could be something that God is calling you today that will require faith?” That simple question, posed by my coach, ignited …

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Church Life Cycles

Whiteboard Wednesdays is a short video series capturing the knowledge and experiences from our current leaders. These videos will discuss various topics that will educate, train, and inspire leaders who are looking for a weekly dose of motivation and learning. For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Art Wiers, one of the leaders of Luminex, here to share with us …

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A Bold Ten-Year Goal!

“Gooooooaaaaaallllllll!”  Anyone who is a soccer fan loves to hear the announcer scream this as one team stuns another with a sharp kick of the ball into the net!  Announcing a bold vision for a ten-year goal can ignite a movement or inspire a nation.  When JFK announced his bold national vision, that “before this decade is out …to put …

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Church Planting: Capacity Vs. Reach

Starting today, Luminex will begin launching Whiteboard Wednesdays, which is a short video series capturing the knowledge and experiences from our current leaders. These videos will discuss various topics that will educate, train, and inspire developing leaders and others who are looking for a weekly dose of motivation and learning. We hope that you will find these videos as enlightening …