Leadership Archive
Preschoolers are ready for anything! Classrooms for young children are busy places of colors, words, dramas, simple memorization, and budding social skills. As children learn truths about God and His story, they discover what living as a child of God looks like—mentally, emotionally, and physically. Preschool teachers engage children with enthusiasm, but can easily grow weary seeking to keep the classroom culture in line with …
Leading Ministry Teams: Part 2 By Kevin E. Lawson and Orbelina Equizabal, Biola University Continuing from Part 1 in this series, Lawson and Eguizabal evaluate current research on team ministries and present practical implications for churches and organizations. Summary This article reviews the recent research efforts exploring what makes teams effective, and how to determine when to work as a team and when other approaches …
Leading Ministry Teams, Part 1 By Kevin E. Lawson and Orbelina Equizabal, Biola University In this article, Lawson and Eguizabal look at Old Testament and New Testament models of leading teams. What do the Scriptures have to say about working in teams? How do the biblical models communicate unity, love, servanthood, and shared leadership?
Ron Edmondson provides the following seven principles that will help you make the most of your ministry. __ One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership. In this post, I’m including the term management. I believe the two are different functions, but both are vital to a healthy organization. Whether you lead or manage a large or small organization — …
By Skip Gray, Navigators Marketplace Ministry We generally do one of two things with our money: We spend it or we invest it. Money we spend, we never see again. Money we invest wisely multiplies and comes back to us. We do the same thing with our lives. We spend them or we invest them. A life that is spent selfishly is gone. But a …
“For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory” (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12, NIV). How Kids Think Children wonder, “What difference does obeying God make?” Some kids are discouraged about trying to please God. They have lost interest …
In this article, John Roberto of Lifelong Faith Associates writes about the rediscovery of intergenerational ministry and how it affects faith that sticks for a lifetime. Summary Christian congregations across the United States are rediscovering the importance of intergenerational faith formation and relationship building and making it a defining characteristic of their community life. This rediscovery comes at a time when research is finding the …