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Urban World Being Tackled By Agrarian-Structured Denominations
In a recent article in the California Southern Baptist, Mark Kelly reported that Focus 21 Task Force Chairman E. Glen Paden, a retired pastor and president emeritus of California Baptist Foundation, said committee members agree dramatic changes are needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged church, evangelism, Leadership, mission, missional, urban
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Transformed Interviews Shannon O'Dell About "Transforming Church in Rural America!"
In today’s episode, we want to explore effective ministry in rural areas. Matt would tell you that many of the truths in this episode apply equally to urban ministry as well. Shannon O’Dell has focused on vision, attitude, leadership and … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Missional, Transformed
Tagged Christian, church, faith, Leadership, ministry, rural, strategy, transforming church in rural america, Vision
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Sick Church Attitudes
According to the New Testament, when a church is healthy is grows. “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Christian, church, church growth, church health, critical, Ephesians 4, ingrown, Kill-joys, selfish, sick church
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Do You Have a Dream for Your Church?
Artwork Credit: facebook.com Within the heart of most of the leaders of your church is a dream they long to see God fulfill in their midst. In reality, those dreams can fall into one of three categories. 3 Types of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged christian leadership, christian ministry, church, church health, dream, dreaming, Leadership, ministry, ministry dream
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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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The Challenge of Unity (Part 3)
Ministry can be a tug of war … often local churches struggle with different factions pulling against one another for the leadership of the agenda of their church. Sometimes it looks like this … 1) First, there is the pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged agendas, church, conflict, ministry, Unity
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Leaders Are Learners!
Feel free to forward this to a friend! “Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge, let your learning lead to action.” ~ Jim Rohn The bottom line of being a leader is using what you know. Many times leaders rest … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Eagles E-Letter
Tagged Bible, Bible Reading Schedule, church, church growth, eagle leader, eagles, God's heart, God's Word, Great Commandment, Great Commission, Jim Rohn, leaders, leadership development, learners, learning, mission, motivation, New Testament, Old Testament
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