Way back in 1984, I stepped into a living room with 20 people and fell in love with a new churchplant. Thirty years...
Dave Workman is the president and co-founder of the Elemental Group. He is the author of Elemental Leaders: Four Essentials Every Leader Needs…And Every Church Must Have and The Outward-Focused Life: Becoming a Servant in a Serve-Me World. Dave was instrumental in the growth of the Vineyard Cincinnati megachurch from its inception and then served as senior pastor for thirteen years. He spearheaded such initiatives as the groundbreaking Healing Center—a multimillion-dollar facility offering forty different services to holistically meet the needs of thousands of resource-challenged people every month—and the H2O Nigeria Project, drilling over one hundred water wells in central Nigeria. Dave regularly speaks on leadership development and building outward-focused churches nationally and internationally. He and his wife Anita have been happily married since 1978 and have two married daughters and four spectacularly beautiful grandchildren. Contact: dave@elementalgroup.org
Dave Workman Posts
Seven at Seventy
Last week, I had a defining moment: I turned 70. Although I didn’t feel any different from the day before, it still...
What Churches Will Survive?
Let me lay my cards on the table by stating a central belief I have about the local church: it must be outward-focused...
Helping People To Become Inviters
This summer, at a nearby amusement park, I rode thirteen rollercoasters in one evening. The granddaddy of them all was...
Leadership and Self-Awareness
Leadership, by its nature, makes one prone to take hits. Imagine how hard it is to be the U.S. president in these...
The Problem with Excellence
I had a crazy front-row seat watching a church grow from a house group to 6000+ people on a weekend. Whether that’s...
How Are Your Systems?
Designing, developing, and improving church systems is the unsexy work very few church leaders get excited about....
Are You An Elemental Leader?
Like most people on the planet, I’ve had some good bosses and some not-so-good bosses. And conversely, in my...
Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?
The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed...
Your Church Has A Vibe… And It’s Vital.
How aware are you of your church’s vibe? [bctt tweet="In bringing people who are estranged from God back to Him, there...
Top 5 Things Pastors Should Stop Pretending To Be
Were You Really Called To Be These 5 Things? Okay, I'll admit this is very opinionated. But think about it: In...
Leadership is Crucial, But…
Over the last few decades, there has been an emphasis on church leadership, with no shortage of books, websites, and...