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Leadership

Questions regarding youth ministry

God’s been placing a new vision and direction on my heart for my youth ministry, although exactly what that is has been somewhat illusive and indefinable…

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Motives questioned

I’m really encouraged by part of Perry Noble’s blog yesterday:
People Will Always Question Your Motives
You had better know why you do what you…

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Rethinking the typical church environment

I must say, I’ve really enjoyed reading Dan Kimball’s thoughts on pews in the church, and especially his follow-up entry today. Like Dan, I also…

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Church staff: close friends or co-workers?

I’ve worked in a couple churches now and have experienced two sides of church staff relationships. At a previous church, the relationships followed a…

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Learning from Christian drop-outs

Sometimes good ministry resources come from the most unexpected places. I came across ExChristian.net and found it pretty interesting and even oddly beneficial…

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Trends in a church staff that reflect God’s heart

I’ve worked in several churches now and have been involved in quite a few more. It seems that the church body really does follow the trends that is set…

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Pressure from church leadership

Here’s another question from an online interview about my experiences with church leadership. It was conducted by a youth pastor working on a leadership…

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Ministry: grind or glamour

Sometimes I forget that ministry is more “grind” than “glamour” Looking at youth ministry from the outside, it can be easy to think that…

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Implementing this “new” family ministry

Thanks for your comments everyone on my blog entry, Family Segregation in the Church. I see that some of you have picked up this issue and discussed it further…

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Family segregation in church

For the past year or so I’ve been re-thinking this whole family ministry thing. Many of you know that I came out of Bible College with a degree in Bible…

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