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Finding Emerging Leaders

This edition of Whiteboard Wednesday is a reprise of a popular episode! We hope you enjoy this powerful post from the past! Season 5 is coming on the Wednesday after Labor Day! Taking another look at the Leader-Follower Matrix, which kind of follower would make the best emerging leader? On the Leader-Follower Matrix, there are two axis. The first is concerning the …

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Where Leadership Begins

Are you a new leader wondering where to start your leadership journey?  On today’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Curry Pikaart, Classis Leader for the Southwest Michigan Classis, tells us about where leadership begins based on his experiences in college and the story of Nehemiah. Doctor Kenneth Weller became the president of Central College in Pella, Iowa, when Pikkaart was a student there. …

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Nine Strategic Planning Landmines, Part 2

Hopefully by avoiding these landmines, your strategic planning experience will be a blessing to your leaders and church as a whole. Last week on Whiteboard Wednesday, we talked about the first five of Nine Strategic Planning Landmines – lack of prayer, lack of faith, failure to add wisdom to faith, overlooking the reality of spiritual warfare, and failure to celebrate. …

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Growth Through Grafting

In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus talks about sowing the Word of God. How can church leaders best do this in the context of their congregation? On this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Mike Gafa, Luminex Coordinator, talks with us about something called growth through grafting. This idea is based on Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. In this parable, the seed …