Church Pastors: Leadership & Strategy

Barna released a report Church Leaders Emphasize Motivation, But Struggle with Strategy. More than nine out of every ten Senior Pastors of Protestant churches ‚Äì 92% – now consider themselves to be effective leaders. This is a dramatic increase since 2001, when less than three-fourths of all Senior Pastors deemed themselves...

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Tim Keller New York Times Article: Preaching the Word and Quoting the Voice

Feb 27, 06 Tim Keller New York Times Article: Preaching the Word and Quoting the Voice

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Culture

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 sermon of the day. The 600 or so...

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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.

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Essential Volunteer Management

Feb 25, 06 Essential Volunteer Management

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church

A good collection of resources for those responsible for volunteer management.  Topics include: Job Development Recruitment Interviewing Orientation and Training Supervision The Recognition...

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Ekklesia Church CMS Reviewed

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, but adding files is a...

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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…

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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 study such things (and we spoke...

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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!!!  (For 4-6 weeks) You probably...

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New Blog Design and upgrade to WordPress 2.01

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.

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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 / Mark Driscoll / Bob...

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