Category: Blog
CNLP 280: Ron Edmondson on The Essentials For Helping a Stagnant Church Grow Again, How to Handle Your Critics, and the Changing Landscape of Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: It’s easy to write off a stuck or plateaued church as irrelevant or bound to close, but that’s not what happened when Ron Edmondson became senior pastor of a church of 1000 in Lexington Kentucky. Under Ron’s leadership, Immanuel Baptist grew from 1000 attenders to over 3000 […]
How To Stop Wasting Your Time
by Shawn Lovejoy: Everyone is busy. The temptation is to think that just because we’re very busy, that we’re being effective, or productive. Let me be clear: Busy or not, if you are not being productive…you are wasting your time! I am more convinced than ever before, that we can […]
Accelerating Giving in Your Church Through a Culture of Radical Generosity | Part 3
by Leadership Network: This is the final post in this series on accelerating giving in your church. If you missed the first two posts in this series, click or tap on the links below: Accelerating Giving in Your Church Through a Culture of Radical Generosity | Part 1 Accelerating Giving […]
How a Type 7 on the Enneagram experiences your church and how to connect them
by Greg Curtis: Ariel with one of the Chilean families she has fallen in love with. I was trying to encourage Ariel, one of our Compassion Interns for the year. She was petrified of public speaking and our Compassion Team requires interns to get “up front” experience representing our local […]
Five Encouragements For When You Hit The Dog Days of Summer in Ministry!
by Stan Rodda: We are getting to that point in the summer where I start to worry for my friends in ministry. It’s late in the summer and we are not okay. If you have been in ministry for about six or seven seconds, you know how depressing that dashboard […]
Creating the Team & Establishing the Process
Creating the Team & Establishing the Process Volunteers | .et_post_meta_wrapper by Portable Church Industries: The way you treat your volunteers and the way they feel about serving will greatly impact the success, discipleship, spiritual formation, community impact and long-term growth of your church. The truth is, existing in a rented […]
5 ways to lead when you’re not the senior leader
by Carey Nieuwhof: If you were in charge, everything would be different, wouldn’t it? But you’re not. At least not yet. You think you’re right (you have some great ideas). And you’ll do anything to convince your boss to do what you think your church or organization needs to do. […]
Learn The Importance of Relational Discipleship: Learning from The Relational Discipleship Network
by Bobby Harrington: Each of our disciple-making guides carries with them a unique perspective on Jesus’ style of discipleship. As you know, our goal is to help you find the best guides out there, so you can become a more effective disciple maker. This week we want to introduce The […]
Why You Won't Make It
by Shawn Lovejoy: Many things attempt to kill your leadership: Isolation…Fatigue…Character Issues…Moral Failure…and the list goes on. However, there might be one thing that’s more dangerous than all of the others because it’s more of a silent killer. It’s subtle. It’s gradual. No one can tell it’s happening. A leader’s […]
CNLP 278: Ian Morgan Cron on How Your Enneagram Profile Positions You for Burnout, Pride, Cynicism and Other Hidden Traps in Life and Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: Ian Morgan Cron interviews Carey for this episode of his top rated Typology podcast, but in the middle of the interview, Carey turned the tables got Ian to apply his Enneagram insights to Carey’s latest book, Didn’t See It Coming. What results is Ian doing a fascinating […]