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Category Archives: Leadership Blog
How do you deal with difficult people?
Photo Credit: studentlinc.net If you have been in ministry for 1 day, you know there are EGR people – “Extra Grace Required” people. The truth is that some people are just beginning their Christ-likeness journey. While others within the fellowship … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, conflict, conflict resolution, difficult people, Jesus, Matthew 18
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Transformed Talks Social Media With Brandon Cox
In today’s episode, we explore the amazing world of social media for the Kingdom of God. Matt’s guest today is Brandon Cox, who is currently a Pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, where he oversees the content and … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Leadership Blog, Resource, Transformed
Tagged Brandon Cox, Christian, facebook, Internet, ministry, social media, twitter, Twitter for Ministry
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Nehemiah – Nehemiah's Spiritual Career (8-13)
Artwork Credit: diannemalone.com 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 … Continue reading
Casting Vision – Nehemiah Style
Artwork Credit: huntingtoncopper.com “Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” And … Continue reading
Mobilizing a Missional Heart
Artwork Credit: chuckk.sacreddigital.com When a church recently asked me to help them “mobilize their church toward a greater involvement in evangelism” I shared with them … Six Keys to a Missional Heart Evangelism is about relationship 95% of the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Christian, church, church growth, evangelism, heart, missional
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Cross-Cultural Ministry (Part 2)
Pastors Matthew Smith, Jacques Francios and Rafael Maria (3 Languages, 3 Cultures, 1 Church in South Florida) We continue our two-part series today with more strategic lesson learned on the American “foreign field.” As Melodee and I followed God’s leading … Continue reading
Cross-Cultural Ministry Lessons (Part 1)
Melodee, Matt with Eddie and Jessica Torres (A 23 year friendship in ministry) Experience with Cross-Cultural Ministry Melodee and I are hard-wired to work in a multiethnic community. God started this in Matthew in High School. “My earliest encounter with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged cross-cultural ministry, lesson, ministry, multi-ethnic, multiethnic, urban, Urban ministry
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John Piper Interviews Rick Warren
Photo Credit: apprising.org Full disclosure: Rick Warren is Dr. Matthew and Melodee Smith’s Pastor. We have been members at Saddleback since 2005. We believe this interview will be tremendously enlightening! On May 1, respected author and speaker John Piper sat … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, John Piper, Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren
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How Do You Get College Students Involved in the Church’s Mission and Ministry?
Recently I was asked, “What ways have you seen that are successful for folding college students or recently graduated college students into a larger fellowship?” Essentially, this person wanted to know, “How do you get college age students involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged care, college, college age, Drew Dyck, facebook, Generation Ex-christian, larry osborne, Leadership, media, ministry, mission, sticky teams, twitter
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Helpful Personal Disciplines
Artwork Credit: ineedtostopsoon.com Every Eagle Leader knows the need to continue to grow if they are to make an impact for Christ. In our early ministry there is plenty to learn and we always know we are in deeper than … Continue reading
