For five years I was the Collegiate Ministries Pastor at Elmbrook Church. In my work area (affectionately known as the West Wing) also resided the Middle School Pastor and the Senior High Pastor. Across the building, there was the 20-Somethings Pastor and the Children's Pastor. We also had a 30-Somethings ministry for awhile, not to …
Leading from the Second Chair (Book Review)
Leading from the Second Chair is for you if you are staff person who is not the senior pastor of your church or executive director of your organization. Whether you are an associate pastor in a dual-pastor staff or one among twenty pastors at a mega-church, this book is for you. However, Leading from the …
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Rob Bell on Leadership in Ministry
I came across an interesting interview of Rob Bell by YouthWorker Journal. It was interesting because I am not a youth worker per se, but I found a lot of Rob's points to be interesting. Rob wonders aloud about a lot of topics in the interview, including the tension between production/programs and authentic discipleship, the …
Leadership Pitfalls
A friend of mine passed along this excellent article on the pitfalls of leadership called "Unoriginal Sin" by Will Mancini. In the midst of a young church plant, I found that my tendency at this point in my life is to slip into the first three "thinkholes." If you are a church leader, whether on …
Leadership – Meriwether Lewis
In a post from a couple of days ago, I recommended Stephen Ambrose’s book Undaunted Courage, which studies the life of Meriwether Lewis. Here is an extended excerpt from Ambrose on the sort of leader Meriwether Lewis was: How he led is no mystery. His techniques were time-honored. He knew his men. He saw to …
Matthew Erickson 