Category: Leadership
Fresh Expressions: Tampa Underground Network
by Healthy Growing Churches: A few weeks ago, we shared the story of River City Church and how they are doing church differently. Today, we want to share the story of The Tampa Underground Network. As we’ve stated before, we hope that by sharing these stories with you dreams, vision, […]
8 Things That Are Right (Not Wrong) About Young Leaders
by Carey Nieuwhof: College-aged people and young leaders in their twenties and early thirties have a bit of a bad rap. If you listen to many Baby Boomer and Gen-X leaders talk about younger leaders, the complaints come quickly. They Don’t work hard enough. Seem to want it all, now […]
Leading Your Church In This Time of Sexual Questioning with Bruce Miller
by unSeminary: Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today I’m talking with Bruce Miller, senior pastor of Christ Fellowship in Texas. Today we’ll be talking to Bruce about his book Leading a Church in a Time of Sexual Questioning. Reach out. // Bruce mentions that the idea for the book […]
CNLP 287: J.D. Greear and Todd Wilson on Why The Future Church Is a Multiplying Church, How to Overcome a Scarcity Mindset and How to Start Reproducing Leadership
by Carey Nieuwhof: For the first time ever, Outreach Magazine has produced a list of the Top 100 Reproducing Churches. Why? The future isn’t just in growth, it’s in multiplication if the church is going to thrive. J.D. Greear, Lead Pastor of the Summit—a multiplying church— and President of the […]
5 Preaching Trends That Will Shape The Future
By Carey Nieuwhof and Mark Clark In a culture where everything’s changing, so is preaching. Sure…the message never changes, but the method has to if you want to be effective. What worked in preaching a decade ago is less effective today, not because the scripture or Gospel has changed, but […]
The Greatest Test of Character You’ll Ever Face as a Leader
The Greatest Test of Character You’ll Ever Face as a Leader .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: If you’re going to be a great leader, you’re going to have to pass some big tests. It comes with the territory. You’ll walk through loss and loneliness. You’ll be questioned and criticized. You’ll lead […]
The Liabilities of Being a Perfectionist
By Shawn Lovejoy: Too many leaders are paralyzed by perfection. While perfect may be inspiring in a moment or for a season, it is impossible when leading for long-term impact. To lead day after day, year after year, chasing perfect will wear you out. It’s simply not realistic. In a recent podcast […]
Some Thoughts on the Wave of Deconversions and The State of Preaching Today
by Carey Nieuwhof: It’s the hope of almost every preacher I’ve ever met that people will embrace Jesus. That’s been my hope every time I preach. And yet the opposite seems to be happening: more people than ever before seem to be walking away from Christ. It’s not that they […]
4 Lessons New Communicators Need To Learn Before Taking a Major Stage
By Dillon Smith. Dillon is content manager for Carey Nieuwhof Communications and is a member of the Speaking Team. You can book Dillon to speak at your next event here. By Dillon Smith Raising up new communicators can feel like navigating a minefield. There is a tension that anyone trying to […]
5 Ways To Get Feedback On Your Preaching Without Crushing Your Feelings
by Carey Nieuwhof: I admit it, I can be a little sensitive to criticism. Whenever I’m finished giving a sermon or talk, you know what I really want to hear? You crushed it. That was world-class. Best message ever. That was spectacular. Show me the secret sauce. Okay that’s over-the-top, […]