Tag: leaders
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Building Teams for Multiplication: Aligning Diversity and Discipleship in Church Planting
Creating teams that can produce multiplying churches is the great challenge. In my book “The Genius in the Kingdom: How Discipleship Impacts Church Planting” I write: A calculated giftedness diversity in the team and in the relationships between the planting leader and team will have several important effects. First, it will keep the posture of…
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Intentional Support: Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Church Planting
Watching church planting take place over the years, I have noticed that the supporters for the new church are often weighing whether they should be involved or whether they should wait on a request from those involved. In my book “The Genius in the Kingdom: How Discipleship Impacts Church Planting” I write: “Sometimes the expectations…
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Bridging the Emotional Gap: Discipleship-Based Church Planting for Thriving Teams
The planting eco-system is a high emotional environment. In my view we often miss the significance of this reality. In my book “The Genius in the Kingdom: How Discipleship Impacts Church Planting” I write: “In my view, the coach and support personnel need to develop eyes for the real emotional and cultural distance between the…
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The Critical Defaults: Cultivating a Disciple-Making Culture in Church Planting
Historically, disciples of Jesus, wherever they went carried a specific “default” that meant that wherever they were they took personal responsibility for disciplemaking. Too few of us carry this “default.” In my book “The Genius in the Kingdom: How Discipleship Impacts Church Planting” I write: “There are some defaults needed in a planter leader and…
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Guarding the Culture: Overcoming Pressure Points in Church Planting Leadership
There are numerous pressure points for leaders of new churches. I write of one such pressure point in “The Genius in the Kingdom: How Discipleship Impacts Church Planting” – “…culture is communicated not only by words but also by the example of the planting leader and the team. This is particularly important in the first…
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Evangelism and Disciple-making
Planters can be strategic and that’s to be encouraged. But there’s a level of instinctiveness that is needed too. In my book “The Genius in the Kingdom: How Discipleship Impacts Church Planting” I write: “If, at the level of instinct, a planting leader can discern and pivot to the hopes and dreams of those around…
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Mentoring or Coaching? Tailored Support for Sustainable Ministry Leadership
On my website, there is mention made of services that I offer those in ministry. There are two services in particular that I provide that I would like to promote to you – one is mentoring and the other is coaching. In my experience, sometimes leaders need a coach and sometimes they need a mentor.…
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A New Chapter in Life
I have never seen myself as someone who would take the time to write a book. I love reading and so I have often wondered about the people who have taken the time to write the book in my hands. What kind of people are they? Why did they feel to write the book? But,…