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In a recent blog post, Will Mancini, author of Church Unique, writes about why North Point Community Church (home to Andy Stanley) shut down one of its most strategic ministries, 7:22. Mancini interviewed Jarrett Stevens about this strategic shut-down, who was hired from Willow Creek for the task of taking 7:22 to the next level …
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As church leaders, whether staff or elders, one of the issues we return to constantly is the tension between following God's Spirit and planning or organizing things with excellence. Ideally, we wouldn't feel this tension at all, but could creatively weave both elements together. However, if you've served long in a church, you know what …
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the Lord?' Those who dealt with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. - Jeremiah 2:8 These words from Jeremiah show a sad state of affairs for God's people. The spiritual leaders of the nation =did not concern themselves with God's presence. In fact, …
What if the church was ‘more like a way station than a destination’? When I first became a Christian, I read an article by J. I. Packer that introduced me to the idea of the church as a hospital. The gist of Packer’s thought, as I recall, was that church is a community where we …
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Because some folks have continued to ask about this, here is a summary post through which you can access all of my notes from the Leadership Summit 2009. Bill Hybels, "Leading in a New Reality" Round Table with Carly Fiorina, Henry Cloud, David Ireland and Patrick Lencioni, "Hiring, Firing, and Board Meltdowns" David Gergen, "Eyewitness …
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