Elders’ Education Fund — what are your plans to grow as shepherds and teachers?
Listen to leaders as they talk about their work: elders, deacons, preachers. Some are upbeat, excited, interested, asking questions, sharing...
Ask Permission Before You Nominate…an effective rule to eliminate some of the best potential leaders
It’s time to select additional elders. What are our rules? Will leaders select leaders or will the group select leaders?...
Two New Elders, Another Workshop 18 Months Later: NSO Workshop # 17
The first New Shepherds Orientation Workshop, November 1, 2, 2013 was initiated when Henry Wilhoit, an elder from Fairlane Church...
Can a Preacher Be an Elder?
Yes How do I know? The Bible tells me so. Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of...
Culleoka, Tennessee: New Shepherds Orientation Workshop # 16
…April 9-11, 2019, mutual admiration Identification of people in the above photo: from left to right: Jerrie Barber, Gail Barber,...
Would You Die Before You’d Ask for Help?
Why would a dying person not call for a doctor? I felt helpless. A man I’d never seen before came...
Book of the Quarter: Love Works
Love Works: seven timeless principles for effective leaders, by Joel Manby, Copyright © 2012 by Joel K. Manby Zondervan, Grand...
Coach, How Do You Plan to Win More…even if team members don’t show up for practice and miss many games?
A preacher had done well. The church was growing. He was happy. He received communication from a men’s meeting asking...
My First Raise and Why I Turned it Down…how wise and kind shepherds helped a scared young preacher
I’d been at this church about a year. It was my second full-time work. I was twenty-four years old. The...
How to Build and Maintain a Dysfunctional Group: “I know..but we need” (You can’t take enough vitamins to make poison good for you.)
How many times have you known someone in a congregation (elder, preacher, deacon, Bible teacher, man, woman) who is toxic...
