Church Pastors: Leadership & Strate...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church on 02 27th, 2006 | No Comments
Barna released a report Church Leaders Emphasize Motivation, But Struggle with Strategy.
More than nine out of every ten Senior Pastors of Protestant churches – 92% - now consider themselves to be effective leaders. This is a dramatic increase since 2001, when less than three-fourths of all Senior...
Tim Keller New York Times Article: Preac...
A great article on Tim Keller, his influence on Manhattan and church planting nationwide:
“In the twilight of the biggest snowstorm in New York City’s history, the pews of a rented Baptist church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan were packed for the Rev. Timothy J. Keller’s fourth...
What type of Innovator are you?...
Article at Fast Company about The 10 Faces of Innovation. Are you a learning persona, organizing persona or building persona? In each of these areas, 3-4 faces are presented for example, the Director, Story teller or Experimenter.
Essential Volunteer Management...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church on 02 25th, 2006 | No Comments
A good collection of resources for those responsible for volunteer management. Topics include:
Job Development
Recruitment
Interviewing
Orientation and Training
Supervision
The Recognition Process
Ekklesia Church CMS Reviewed...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia and General Technology on 02 25th, 2006 | No Comments
Joe Vasquez posted an positive review of Ekklesia Church Website CMS on his blog. Ekklesia is also mentioned on the Blog Ministry site.
One of the coolest things I noticed about Ekklesia’s software is how easy it is to manage sermons. Not only can you easily manage based on topics, series, and speakers,...
The Church Reaching to the Margins...
A great post by Jay Reimer, a friend who attends Kaleo on The Church Reaching to the Margins. An account of his visiting convalescent homes to love the elderly…
Welcoming the Millennials...
Is your church filled with people in their early 20’s? Here is a must read from Fast Company about the generation called the millennials.
The latest generation to join the mix is disruptive not only because of its size but because of its attitudes. Speak to enough intergenerational experts who...
Taste o’ Job...
Well this week has been one for my personal record books. Tuesday included: news that my mom may have cancer again, a beam in my garage collapsed, my company lost a large proposal and my nearly 3-year old son fell off a box, breaking his leg in the worst of places. He is now in a full body cast!!! ...
New Blog Design and upgrade to Wordpress...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in General Technology on 02 20th, 2006 | 2 Comments
Ok,
I finally took the time to upgrade my blog and change the design I had! Let me know what you think….I still have a few tweaks to finish it up.
2006 National New Church Conference...
I just bought my tickets to attend the 2006 National New Church Conference.
Twelve front-line, church planting leaders will facilitate our time together through main sessions, interviews, and Q & A sessions. These speakers are leaders in their areas of passion. Gene Appel / Ed Stetzer / Dave Ferguson...
Reformissionary’s Review: Mark Dri...
Go check out Reformissionary’s Review: Mark Driscoll’s Confessions
“This has been one of the most important books on church and ministry I have read, and I think will hold a unique place among books about ministry. My advice? Get this book. Read it. Reread it. Give it away. It’s...
“Improving Your Church WebsiteR...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia and General Technology on 02 15th, 2006 | No Comments
Mike Atkinson has a good series to help churches think through their use of websites and technology.
The Call to Mercy Ministry...
Many Christians have come to a position of seeing mercy ministry as “secondary duty”. It is something that we try to do if we have enough time or resources to dedicate to “social work”. The Bible doesn’t portray mercy ministry as secondary. Jesus Christ taught that man not...
A San Diego Evening with Donald Miler...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Faith on 02 13th, 2006 | No Comments
Thusday, February 23rd. (Point Loma)
San Diego area residents are invited to join Donald Miller for a free evening at Point Loma Nazerene University on Thursday, February 23rd at 8:00 P.M. We’ve chosen San Diego as the launch city for the new book “To Own a Dragon” and yes, we will actually...
Fellowship Church Website...
Ok, I just saw that Fellowship Church launched a new website. I’d love to get your opinion about it….
Question: If you weren’t a Christian, what does the site convey to you about our faith? About Jesus?
Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an Internet strategy and development company. Monk created Ekklesia 360 which is used by thousands of churches and ministries. Drew often speaks at conferences and has written for several national publications about how churches/ministries can use the Internet. Goodmanson.com is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs. Kaleo Church is a missional community, multi-site church planting movement in San Diego, CA. More about Drew Goodmanson.
