I’m following my own advice and turning a potential email into a blog post to share content that may be relevant to a variety of people. A friend of mine is giving a talk on launching a movement to a group of college students and asked what sorts of tips resources I would share. Here’s …
Don’t confuse socially uncomfortable with spiritually immature. Ministries that struggle to retain new people do not provide opportunities to explore their ministry without having to make a significant commitment. A person’s level of involvement must match their level of commitment in order to effectively retain and develop those in your ministry. Here’s three ways to …
Research often leads the charge when faced with something new. But faith and humility give a new ministry life, direction, and a future. I’m advocating calculating and costly faith steps here, not blind/whimsical/pseudo-spiritual decisions. Your friends will be impressed if you can quote all the statistics related to your ministry start-up as well as some …
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Distinguishing future leaders from the general mass of people challenges nearly every ministry starter. The quicker you can identify, empower, and entrust leadership tasks over to someone besides yourself the better (Tony Steward’s insightful post on releasing expired leaders is worth checking out). Campus Crusade since it’s inception has done a tremendous job of developing …
As I have thought strategically about improving my ability to empower ministry starters and missional entrepreneurs I saw an overhaul of my blog as an obvious next step. brianbarela.com will not only host my blog, but other pages that I’m hoping will be of value of to you. All are in the “beta” stage at …
