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Staying alive: Defusing the emotional time bomb in pastoral work

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June 3, 2010 at 9:07 am.

Ministry is challenging and difficult work that takes it toll on the pastor, his family and often the congregation too. This individual’s story sets the tone for an interview Church Executive sought out on pastoral stress and burnout. Daniel Spaite is a physician and tenured professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, AZ, and the son of a retired senior pastor. He authored a book, Time Bomb in the Church: Defusing Pastoral Burnout

Tires can impact church budgets

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June 2, 2010 at 7:50 am.

In this harsh economic climate church leaders who also own and operate buses are forced to squeeze the most out of their vehicles. Church administrators will take measures to ensure that buses last as long as possible and will also find ways to reduce fuel consumption.

Lessons from the bowling alley

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bowling, lead, LEADERSHIP, lessons, manage, Mike Klockenbrink

May 14, 2010 at 10:21 am.

Growing up in the Midwest I thought that bowling was an Olympic sport. I loved to go bowling; after all, what else is there to do in sub-freezing temperatures four months out of the year. While I’ve never bowled a perfect game, I’ve come pretty close on a few occasions.

Grand vision essentials

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May 13, 2010 at 10:39 am.

Vision does not happen without leaders. Leaders cast vision and vision involves the future. But the process of creating a vision involves more than a single person at the top prognosticating about tomorrow’s events.

The end is near: How to decide on your church’s fiscal year-end

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May 7, 2010 at 11:37 am.

A while ago I was reviewing the financial statements of a Christian ministry shortly before the end of the year and noticed that the expenditures for the year exceeded income by a significant amount.

New staff positions to emerge this decade

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May 5, 2010 at 12:36 pm.

If your church remains healthy, then the staff structure will probably look much different in 2020 than it does right now. Church leaders will work for long periods of time to implement new visions for their congregations. They will labor for years to simplify the structures of their churches. They will lead their churches to adopt new discipleship processes and streamline programs. Yet one of the most needed changes that are often left untouched is the staff.

Craig Groeschel on Innovation

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May 1, 2010 at 11:50 am.

Church bodies exposed

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May 1, 2010 at 9:28 am.

There’s the old saw that denominations exist today only because of real estate and pension plans. I heard that said 15 years ago and sure, it’s an overstatement, but it makes a relevant point.

Meet Mel Lawrenz

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church, Elmbrook Church, LEADERSHIP, management, media, Mel Lawrenz, ministry, MULTI-SITE, pastor, pastorate, TECHNOLOGY

May 1, 2010 at 8:44 am.

Mel Lawrenz is leaving the active pastorate of a congregation and taking up the “pastorate” — creative director to be more precise — of a multi-dimensional media ministry called The Brook Network. “After 30 years of being a pastor at Elmbrook Church, the past 10 as senior pastor, I am enthused to be moving into a new role in which I will be seeking to help resource church leaders here in the U.S. and internationally with many of the things we have learned over the years.”

Rick Warren: ‘What on earth is he here for?’

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May 1, 2010 at 1:00 am.

When author Jeffery L. Sheler finished the task of writing a biography of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, Sheler described it as an “honest, thorough, authoritative, and nuanced treatment of the life of one ordinary man who has been set in an extraordinary place and time with extraordinary gifts, and who is doing his best to complete the course he believes his God has set before him.”