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Churches embrace the opportunity to minister in a ‘third culture’ world

adminstrator, church, Communication, cultural, culture, LEADERSHIP, management, pastor, sociological

November 1, 2009 at 10:09 am.

They are the young family from South Africa that just got transferred to Florida to head up a new division of a Global 1000 company. They are the American military family who has lived in Germany for more than a decade. They are the young family who was transferred to India, adopted two children while living there, one from India and the other from China. They now have five children from three different countries, and each family member has lived in at least two countries.

Multi-site began as a radical idea, now has become a proven strategy

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church, community, congregation, growing, Jim Tomberlin, LEADERSHIP, management, MULTI-SITE, organization, pastor, strategy

September 1, 2009 at 7:49 am.

Going multi-site is not for every church. It will not turn around a sick or dying church, but it can be an instrument to extend a healthy one. Multi-site is not a growth engine, but can be a vehicle for a growing church. Multi-site is not a fad to jump on, but it has become a proven strategy to reproduce healthy, fruitful, growing churches.

Pastors aren’t stupid, they just can’t see their own mistakes

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church, Communication, growth, LEADERSHIP, management, mistakes, pastor, staff, stupid

August 1, 2009 at 11:14 am.

It’s not that pastors are stupid, says Geoff Surratt, on staff at Seacoast Church, Charleston, S.C., and author of Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches From Growing, (Zondervan, 2009) “The challenge is seldom intelligence; the problem is often perspective. Many times we are so close to the action that we can’t see our own mistakes and we end up making decisions that undermine the very outcome we desire.”

Covenants not to compete: Spread the Gospel, just do it somewhere else

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adminstrator, agreement, church, clause, Communication, compete, covenant, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL, management, pastor

August 1, 2009 at 10:45 am.

Under what circumstances should you attempt to stop a pastor, who is a former employee of your church, from preaching or operating his own church? Should you even try to stop another pastor from spreading the Gospel? That question is a growing concern that many church leaders are wrestling with these days.

BOOKS GALORE

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books, budget, church, Communication, management, market, pastor, publish, publisher, staff

August 1, 2009 at 10:24 am.

How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend? With family and friends I trust, or cleaning the garage? I devoted a number of hours to making sense of my den that doubles as a library — 40 running feet of books, most of them church and management titles collected over 15 years.

It’s a revolution out there when it comes to getting published

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church, Communication, management, pastor, publish, TECHNOLOGY

August 1, 2009 at 10:09 am.

On a recent Sunday morning at my church, I saw the future of content and publishing in the face of a woman named Laurie, one of the members of the adult Bible study I teach. At the end of our class time on this particular Sunday, Laurie approached me with her latest purchase, a sleek new Kindle 2, the popular electronic book reading device produced by Amazon.

Talking with ‘the man behind the words’ of many Christian titles

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author, edit, hope, pastor, prolific, research, write

August 1, 2009 at 9:08 am.

Cecil Murphey is known as “The Man Behind the Words” in his role as the author or co-author of 112 books, including the New York Times bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven (with Don Piper), on that list since October 2006. His books have sold millions and have given hope and encouragement to readers around the world.

CHURCH SHABBY

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church, dress, formal, jeans, lead, manage, pastor, shabby

July 1, 2009 at 3:12 pm.

Denim and church are two words that now go together — the denim church. Where is our pride in serving our Lord? Isn’t dressing better a way of honoring Him?

When civil disobedience becomes a church distraction

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church, civil disobedience, Communication, community, congregation, organization, pastor, protest, RISK MANAGEMENT, safety

July 1, 2009 at 3:05 pm.

Angry citizens — more than 120 of them —protest outside a church. Several police officers stand ready to control the crowd. Using bullhorns, the protesters hurl insults —some of them profane. They shove signs in parishioners’ faces. One protester shoots pepper spray into the face of an opposing protester.

Lutherans deciding on new role allowing gay ordained clergy

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church, clergy, Communication, ELCA, gay, homosexual, LEADERSHIP, Lutheran, management, ordained, pastor, pastors, staff

July 1, 2009 at 2:14 pm.

Over a period of years the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America has been working on a social statement on sexuality now named “Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust.” That report and its recommendations are coming before the churchwide assembly, August 17-22, in Minneapolis.