by Marcus Bigelow | Apr 18, 2012 | Church Planting
Every leader I know wrestles with the balance between work and family. Every Christian leader I know wrestles with work and family in the context of living their life in God. Recently my coach offered a great analogy that has helped me put things in perspective. Any...
by Toni Spry | Mar 29, 2012 | Church Planting
God’s calling may mean a move out of your comfort zone and into the unknown. Having moved over 35 times in our 47 years of marriage I think I know a little bit about moving & adjusting. The move itself is not the problem, it’s what happens after the excitement of...
by Charles Hill | Mar 6, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
Well, that title says it all. You can fill in any words you want for the characters that will no doubt appear anytime you have to make this decision. Wait. Isn’t this a church planting blog? Well yes, and some of you will leave churches to plant or leave plants...
by Mark Batterson | Feb 26, 2012 | Church Leadership
How you handle offense has the potential to make you or break you as a leader. You will offend. The only question is: who will you offend? And you will be offended. The only question is: how will you respond to offense? As God expands your sphere of influence you’ll...
by Charles Ridley | Feb 14, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching
It was the best of decisions. It was the worst of decisions. In my last blog, I questioned whether John Mark should be considered a false positive or false negative. Paul and Barnabas disagreed sharply on his fitness to rejoin them in ministry, leading the companions...
