Blog - Page 260 of 290 - Church Executive


The task is overwhelming but saving one girl is reward enough

When Mark Connolly – call him an “immovable object” – met Linda Smith – call her an “irresistible force” – a new and dynamic ministry emerged. Smith, an advocate in the battle against human trafficking, is a no-nonsense woman: “I’m interested in talking with anybody who’s serious about doing anything other than talking,” she says. She had already decided that speaking at churches didn’t deserve her time. “Often the American church took a lot of work.And if I went everywhere that everybody wanted me to speak, I couldn’t do the work.”

Read More >

Do you have a ‘tsunami’ leader at the head of your church?

You have a problem — it’s your senior leader. Not all of us face the problem, but many of us do. The reality of the problem may have taken you by surprise. Perhaps some wise friend forewarned you before you took the job. Either way, you know it now. You have a problem — it’s your boss. Every leader suffers from some degree of personal dysfunction. After all, every one of us struggles with sin. Yet an alarming reality strikes those of us in upper leadership: Many senior leaders bring some major dysfunction into the church’s leadership culture.

Read More >

Churches lose strength when women are excluded in leadership

Church staffs are typically dominated by men, aside from clerical staff, and author Shaunti Feldhahn, writing in The Male Factor (Multnomah, 2009), says that the church is cheated in the depth of its leadership because women are, for the most part, excluded. “The most important problem involves the impact on the mission of the church. Without at all intending it and with the best of intentions, many churches by lacking female perspective in leadership may be limiting the effectiveness or reach of the work God intends for them to do,” she says. Her book is based on extensive research and she brings years of corporate human development work to this book, and related previous ones.

Read More >

Energy conservation: Good for the soul and the budget

How energy efficiency practices and programs are generating revenue for churches.

Read More >

Invest in your church’s security to prevent theft in the building

Once considered sacred even to criminals, churches are now prime targets for theft. In fact, it’s precisely the trusting nature of church organizations that can make them so vulnerable to crime.

Read More >

CRYSTAL HUBRIS

Two years ago, July 9, a hastily called meeting of board members of the Crystal Cathedral Ministries was held, and while Senior Pastor Robert Anthony Schuller was a bit mystified, he wasn’t alarmed. At the end of that meeting, where his siblings and father had majority votes, he would no longer be speaking from the pulpit. He had been effectively fired.

Read More >

Church Executive, July 2010, Volume 9, Issue 7

Among the highlights of the July issue is an interview with Mike Reed, executive pastor, Northwood Church, Keller, TX. Also included is an interview with Tullian Tchividijian, grandson of Billy Graham, about his time at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Read More >

Banks are lending: Why now is 
a good time to secure financing

The media is full of stories about how tight credit has been for the last year or so, and how banks are just not lending.

Read More >

Crosses Across America

“If we take up the cross handsomely, we shall find it just such a burden as

Read More >

Rick White on Church Plants


HTML Snippets Powered By : XYZScripts.com