A Note from Luminex: This morning’s blog post is the fifth in a 10-week series on “Healthy Churches.” Each week, one of our stable of leaders/bloggers will share thoughts on a significant aspect of healthy churches. Enjoy! Once upon a time I had a Nissan Sentra, which had the nasty habit in the winter of getting stuck in the snow drifts …
Healthy Churches: Mission in the Margins
A Note from Luminex: This morning’s blog post is the fourth in a 10-week series on “Healthy Churches.” Each week, one of our stable of leaders/bloggers will share thoughts on a significant aspect of healthy churches. Enjoy! The church in North America has a biblical crisis, and it likely isn’t what you think it is. The culture of money, generosity, and …
Healthy Churches: Yearning for Vibrant Community
A Note from Luminex: This morning’s blog post is the second in a 10-week series on “Healthy Churches.” Each week, one of our stable of leaders/bloggers will share thoughts on a significant aspect of healthy churches. Enjoy! My commute is a lengthy one, but it’s a straight shot on almost one highway. A drive almost “as the crow flies,” my pass …
Podcast Episode 3: “Church Life Cycles”
On today’s episode, we have Art Wiers, Church Health Catalyst for Luminex, talk about the lifecycle of a church from birth to decline. The reality is that all churches fall somewhere on this cycle and it’s important for leaders to know which stage theirs falls into. Learn how church life cycles leads to effectively starting and strengthening churches, and how …
Healthy Churches: Spirit and Truth Worship
A Note from Luminex: This morning’s blog post kicks off a 10-week series on “Healthy Churches.” Each week, one of our stable of leaders/bloggers will share thoughts on a significant aspect of healthy churches. Enjoy! When I was first asked to write a blog about what it means that “true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth” (John …
Podcast Episode 2: “Gospel and Culture”
On today’s episode, Mike Gafa joins the show to talk about the ever-shifting dynamic between gospel and culture. Mike serves the Reformed Church as a Church Leadership Development Catalyst for Luminex and as the classis leader for the Classis of North Grand Rapids. He is passionate about developing churches that boldly and creatively engage with their cultures without compromising the …
The Control Continuum
As we wrap up season two of Whiteboard Wednesday- We have Mike Gafa, who serves as Church Leadership Development Catalyst for Luminex, describes a concept called “The Control Continuum.” Mike’s initial exposure to this concept was while he was teaching Franklin-Covey Time Management. The Control Continuum represents the spectrum between things we have no control over and things we have total …
Podcast Episode 1: “I Hate This”
In our first episode, Rick Veenstra, former Regional Executive and Leadership Development Catalyst for the Great Lakes Region of the RCA, talks about a difficult yet important leadership responsibility: releasing a staff member from an organization. When Rick was a kid, his mother would say that he shouldn’t use the word “hate,” so he hesitated using the phrase, “I hate …
Welcome to the Luminex Podcast
We are excited to announce the launch of the Luminex Podcast! Luminex is focused on giving the leaders the resources they need to start and strengthen churches. In each of our upcoming podcasts, you’ll hear a variety of experts engage in conversations that will equip and develop you as a leader – whether you’re in the church or the marketplace. Stay Tuned for …
Christ-Centered Leadership
A Note from Luminex: This morning’s blog post is the eleventh – and final – entry in our series on leadership. Enjoy! There are seven “I am” statements from Jesus sprinkled throughout the Gospel of John. Each one points in some way to Jesus’ divinity, and to the exclusivity of Jesus as the way – the only way – to escape …