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The Global Key for Local Church Health

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 These final words of Jesus before his Ascension serve as a timeless strategic template for the work and witness of the church throughout the ages. …

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Faith Based Leadership

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Mike Gafa discusses how we can move a consistory from managers to leaders. We achieve this by moving away from fear and fact based management and moving towards faith based leadership. To move from managing to leading, your consistory must embrace faith-based leadership while steering clear of fear and fact based management. What does it …

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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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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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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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Capital Campaign Considerations

Capital campaigns become necessary when a church’s vision far exceeds its present reality.  Capital campaigns can spur marked spiritual growth, deeper unity in the body, widespread sacrificial giving, and stronger faith – if a church is steadfast in keeping their mission as priority one, and has discerned a clear, compelling Holy Spirit-inspired vision, and is honest about their readiness to …

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Everyone an Interim

One of the most valuable truths I learned is that every pastor/leader is an interim. Whether short or long term, every pastor/leader is an interim. Consider the teaching of Scripture. In the Old Testament Moses was an interim leader. So was Joshua. So was Samuel. So was Saul. So was David. Think of some New Testament leaders: Stephen, Philip, Peter, …

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The Question of Age

There is a question that comes around a least once a year in our lives. Someone asks us, “How old are you?” Sometimes we embrace it – like when we turn 16 or 21 – because it presents new privileges. Sometimes we push it away – like when we turn 40 or 50 – because it feels like something is …