Five Primary Sources of Distraction in Ministry
Yesterday's post on "opportunity creep" introduced a common problem for pastors. It's easy for opportunity after opportunity to press in and vie for the precious little time God has given you.The [...]
Have Your Heard of "Opportunity Creep?" It May be Your Greatest Ministry Challenge
The term "scope creep" is a term consultants use when their clients expect more than what the project originally outlined. The idea is that the scope of the project is slowing getting bigger, usually [...]
How Your Church Can Leverage Five Trends in Retail
I am currently helping a large, non-profit Christian retailer go through a visioning process. Last week a retail consultant led two hours of dialogue in a meeting I attended. These points are heavily [...]
4 Mega Lessons on Keeping Vision Clear with Dramatic Ministry Success
A couple of weeks ago I enjoyed a back-to-back connections with three very different and very fruitful ministries. On Monday, I was in Chicago with Dave and John Ferguson on the Community Christian [...]
Epic Quotes on Discipleship & Influence from Prof Howard Hendricks (1924-2013)
Prof died today but his ministry continues to expand through the lives of over 13,000 students that were impacted over his 60 years of teaching at Dallas Theological Seminary. While working on a [...]
A Game-Changing Perspective: Knowing the Difference Between a Decentralized and Fragmented Ministry
Good church leaders know the importance of releasing and sending people to do ministry. Jesus himself moved quickly from modeling ministry for twelve leaders, to sending out those same twelve to do [...]
