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When a Leader Steps Down

When a church goes through our Pathway or Inventory program for revitalization, it often includes a site visit from one of our team...

What's Your Attitude Indicator?

So here’s an idea as we move into the Thanksgiving holiday… Paul’s short letter to the Philippian church underscored his belief that...

Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?

The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...

Helping People To Become Inviters

This summer at a nearby amusement park, I rode thirteen rollercoasters in one evening. The granddaddy of them all was Orion—a gigacoaster...

The Ease of “Power Abuse”

People can abuse power in a non-profit organization or on a church board, around a dinner table or in a street gang. Or in a marriage....

Incarnational Leadership

The “Big C” Church has never been about earthly power. Never has, never will. The true Church has never desired to have control, because...