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Healing Hurting Churches: The Economou Process, by Dr. Don Hebbard, Credo House Publishers, Grand Rapids. Kindle Edition. On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which impressed me. I hope you find one or two that will be helpful to you. To…
What prepares a man to be an elder? Is it years of church, attendance, a successful business career, or a heart shaped by conflict, prayer, and growth? When someone accepts the call to shepherd God’s people, how do they know if the congregation actually wants them to serve, and how do they avoid simply becoming…
I’ve often been asked a question about starting a new congregation. I like to ask some questions. Interim Ministry and Other Ministry Workshop Next workshop at Heritage led by Jerrie Barber: Interim Ministry and Other Ministry Workshop Location: Heritage Christian University (Housing available in campus dorms upon request)Lunch is provided daily by Heritage Christian UniversityIncluded:…
Do You Think About Ministry? A better ministry? An Interim Ministry? A new Ministry?Whether you’re a veteran preacher, a deacon wondering about your next step, a retiring professional ready to serve in a new capacity, or someone in your first year of ministry, if you’ve thought about it, you need to come to this workshop!…
Church Reset: God’s Design for So Much More, by Jack Wilkie, © Copyright 2020 Focus Press, Inc. and Jack Wilkie, Published by Focus Press, Franklin, TN, ISBN 978-0-9796356-1-8 On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which impressed me. I hope you…
Question Your thoughts please on elders taking every decision (financial) made before the men of the congregation before it’s actually made.I know and understand this isn’t being realistic. however; when you have one or two that wants everything brought before the men of the congregation before a decision is made and at the same time…
A few months ago, a preacher-friend told me he hated the selection process. He felt uncomfortable and intimidated in a room with several people asking him questions, knowing that his selection depended on what he said, how he said it, how he looked, and how his wife and children acted before, during, and after Sunday…
When I took the Dale Carnegie Leadership Course many years ago, they taught four questions to find a solution to a problem. 1. What is the problem? The answer should be a statement, not a question. The statement isn’t, “Why don’t people come to Bible study on Wednesday night?” It could be, “Our Wednesday night…
The first post in this blog was on January 6, 2015. I use this date as the day I started liking to write. I was approaching seventy years old and had been preaching for more than fifty years. I wrote bulletin articles each week and a weekly newspaper article when I lived in Dalton, Georgia….
When I receive a call from someone about conflict in a congregation, I know something about that church. They have a lot of gossip in that church. I’m not that smart. I believe the Bible. Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. — Proverbs 26:20 Peter…