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Tag Archives: mission
How God Works For and With Us!
A Lesson from the Life of Joshua (Joshua 1-3) So many times we wait for God to act … whether that is for a new job, a new ministry, a spouse. We are waiting for God to do something. And … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!, Leadership Blog
Tagged Christian, Christian leader, God's command, God's direction, God's Word, leader, Leadership, mission, mission of God, obedience, will of God
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When Fear Grips Your Viability!
Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the Bible in general. … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!, Leadership Blog
Tagged Christian, Deuteronomy, emotion, emotions, fear, Leadership, mission, purpose, responsibility
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Sweeter As the Years Go By?
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Executive Director of EaglesInLeadership.org Author of “Growing Missional Leaders” “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who … Continue reading
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Tagged crabby, discipleship, fellowship, grumpy, Leadership, maturity, ministry, mission, spiritual, spiritual maturtity, stewardship, worship
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Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 2)
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 In part 1 we discussed the rise and decline of the urban church. We ended our Somewhere between the birth and the death of the local church selfishness took center stage, replacing self-sacrifice. … Continue reading
Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 1)
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 With tears in my eyes, I realized God had accomplished what He had set out to do among us. Our church now looked like our urban community, over 90% Hispanic. We had intentionally … Continue reading
Mutual Accountability
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith PhD One of the key secrets to great growth – individually and corporately – is the issue of accountability and the change that comes from it. In fact, when we evaluate based on the core … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, core values, discipleship, evaluation, evaluations, Leadership, mission, search committee, transparency, Vision
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Vision is All About Where You Look
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, PhD Faith is all about seeing what God has placed before you. Vision, in other words, is our faith employed through our attention to the details God has placed before us. But the question is, … Continue reading
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Tagged magnification, maintenance, maturity, membership, mentoring, ministry, mission, Vision
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Philosophy of Ministry Directions (Part 2)
Mission: its what the church is all about. As we said in the last article, “Motion without direction is delusion.” In this article we will talk about how ‘the purpose of the church’ guides our philosophy of ministry. God longs … Continue reading
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Tagged church growth, mission, pastor, philosophy of ministry, purpose, results, tasks
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Philosophy of Ministry Directions (Part 1)
Knowing where you’re going is more important than going. If there is no specific goal or place where one is headed, it really doesn’t matter if you are going anywhere or doing anything. Motion without direction is delusion. As we … Continue reading
