Equipping Leaders To Multiply
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’ll never forget the first time I met one-on-one with Dr. Howard Hendricks, one of my leadership heroes. I had waited nearly a month to get on his schedule and finally was slotted for 15 minutes to sit with him in his office. I entered his office a little starstruck. And I started talking. What seemed like five minutes later, he looked at me and said “Mac, do you have a question for me? We…Continue Reading
What happens when you are not around? How well do church services function? How does your area of ministry operate without you? What goes wrong? What goes right? Who is leading in your absence? Who steps up when you are out? When the leader is absent, the wheels tend to come off, and anything that could go wrong will go wrong. That’s when you return from vacation or a long weekend off and think to…Continue Reading
As I browsed through the Business Leadership section at a Barnes & Noble Bookstore, a book title caught my eye and stopped me in my tracks. “Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do and What to do About It” by Ferdinand Fournies. I was a 29-year-old leader who only had volunteer leaders reporting to me, but the book title described the pain I was feeling. I immediately bought the book, took it home, and…Continue Reading
Mike got into student ministry because he loved Jesus, loved teenagers, and wanted to disciple students to live Christ-centered lives. As he stood before his group of volunteer leaders with a handful of weighty ministry decisions and the people in the room waiting for him to lead, he wondered how he went from his simple vision for serving as a youth pastor to the weight he felt of leading a team. The one thing he…Continue Reading
Lifeway Research conducted a survey with pastors in 2021 to discover what they see as their most pressing needs in their churches today. Can you guess the #1 issue that was identified by the majority of pastors? It was leadership development that came in at the top of the list with 77% identifying it as their number one issue that is concerning them. (Click here to view the full article from Lifeway.) While that is…Continue Reading