Ministry starting and building tip: Make New People Work as Little as Possible Our family has been “the new couple” at quite a few churches since the summer and the word that comes to mind for us is TIRING. Most of these churches have been above average in their ability to welcome us; yet we …
Do not forget about your profile as THE best place to share your ministry with others. Facebook Groups were the rage two years ago, now Pages are more popular. note: this is mostly a post for those in full-time ministry seeking to communicate with their ministry partners. The biggest problem with Groups and Pages: They are …
Your Facebook Profile is Still The Best Place to Share Your Ministry Read More »
With organizational leadership titles earning less credibility than ever before in the eyes of the followers it’s imperative leaders stay sharp on what it means to actually lead. This can bring comfort to the person passionate about adding value or leading change, but may bring terror or anxiety for those who have relied more on …
More tactics lead to more change I often function out of this paradigm yet see fewer results than when I change it to this: One tactic leads to much change Your ministry needs to change _________. But my guess is that there are literally hundreds of specific changes that need to made before that big …
The Blogference is alive! It has been a busy week over at the RE-Think Blogference. Last week I started hosting weekly posts from Campus Crusade staff members around the world! This week’s topic was “Are we Really Doing Evangelism the First Weeks on Campus?” a discussion addressing the tension between engaging non-Christians with the Gospel …
Evangelism, Twitter, and Podcasts-3 Parts of My Week Read More »
A practice that I would love to see more ministry leaders learn is reserving/acquiring digital assets (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) for themselves and their ministries EVEN IF THEY NEVER USE IT! About.me is a new web product that still has many undisclosed features/uses, but one of the public features is a personal profile page that points …
Bootstrapping my ministry was less about doing what other big ministries were doing in the hopes of becoming like them and more about focusing on leveraging what I did have to grow to the next level (in relation to leaders–size and quality, laborers, and loot). I recently had a conversation with another ministry starter about …
Sometimes you sincerely desire to empower someone on your team but doubt whether it would be an encouragement or a burden for them. Other times you do not want to empower someone even though it may save you time, energy, and deliver better results than if you had made the final call. I stumbled on …
Thank you for viewing, sharing, and commenting on this blog! I hope the content continues to encourage and empower you as you lead missionally. Just two years ago there were around 25 subscribers! Just an encouragement for those just starting a blog that it takes time to develop an audience.
Sometimes those whom you lead need very specific tasks to help them understand how to accomplish a particular role or responsibility. Those who are considering leadership need to know what specific actions they would be doing from you, because most often their assumptions differ dramatically from what’s expected. This job description from the 37Signals team, …
