by Charles Ridley | May 23, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
Have you ever made a bad hiring decision? Enthusiastically selected someone to a responsible position, only to watch the decision cascade into a disaster? Appointed someone as a leader, discovering later the person’s intention was to undermine your leadership?...
by Scott Thomas | Jun 26, 2020 | Church Planting
Every person that considers church planting asks the question, Am I a Church Planter? It is the question I asked myself before planting a church. It is the question assessors ask every candidate who submits himself to an assessment process to be a lead planter in a...
by Scott Thomas | Nov 26, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
I fly on airplanes a lot. The most difficult thing about flying is not the small seat with little to no legroom, or the long flights with 287 people sharing one Barbie-sized sized bathroom. The most difficult thing is keeping up with the TSA rules for “secure” flying....
by Scott Thomas | Sep 26, 2012 | Church Leadership
University of Montreal scientists wanted to conduct a study on the effects of pornography. The problem is that they could not find a control group. “We started our research seeking men in their twenties who had never consumed pornography,” said Simon...
by Charles Ridley | Sep 14, 2012 | Church Planting, Coaching
How many times have you filled in those little square boxes or circles next to items on test forms? Have many times have you tried to second guess how your answers might be interpreted? How many times have you questioned or found yourself perplexed by your test...