This article was written by Dr. G. David Boyd and first published on BiblicalLeadership.com. Used with permission. It seems as if no matter where you turn, Millennials are being blasted by the media for being selfish and lazy. Time magazine’s front cover characterized 20-somethings as “The ME ME ME generation,” and a recent Huffington Post article “Why Gen Y Yuppies are Unhappy” Read More [...]
This article was written by Mike Bonem and first published on BiblicalLeadership.com. Used with permission. Shawn Achor has an entertaining and interesting TED talk called “The Happy Secret to Better Work.” His message is that people think success will bring happiness, but research shows that the reverse is actually true. Happiness leads to success. People who reflect Read More [...]
Thank you Miles Welch for giving us permission to repost his blog article which he originally posted on Sept. 26, 2016. Check out his blog called Developing Next Generation Leaders to read his insightful articles: mileswelch.com. Miles has served the local church as a pastor and leader for 20 years, and has been at 12Stone Church (Lawrenceville, Read More [...]
We thank Chuck Lawless for giving us permission to repost his article. It's a good one! You can find more of his work at ChuckLawless.com. Chuck Lawless is dean and vice president of graduate studies and ministry centers at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and global theological education consultant for the International Mission Board of Read More [...]
Thank you to Miles Welch for giving us permission to repost his blog article. Miles writes excellent, insightful articles in his blog called Developing Next Generation Leaders. You can find it at: mileswelch.com. Miles has served the local church as a pastor and leader for 20 years, and has been at 12Stone Church (Lawrenceville, GA) https://12stone.com/ since 2001. A commitment Read More [...]
This blog post by Brian Howard was originally posted on his blog site found at www.contextcoaching.org. We thank him for his permission to repost it. Brian is the Executive Director of Context Coaching Inc., a firm that specializes in coaching leaders and pastors. He has more than 24 years of proven leadership experience as a leadership coach, Read More [...]
We are reposting, with permission, this article written by Karl Vaters, pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, CA. He is the Author of The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us. You can read more of his thought-provoking blog articles at NewSmallChurch.com The church needs fewer bosses, more leaders. And even Read More [...]
We are pleased to repost, with permission, this article by Bob Osborne, previously published at EFCA Today, the digital magazine of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Bob serves as the director of church health for EFCA West. You can find more of his articles on church leadership at https://go.efca.org/resources/document/past-issues-something-talk-about. After you seek guidance from God, whom Read More [...]
Frank Powell has graciously given us permission to repost his article. Last week we posted part 1 of this post which contained five significant reasons churches have difficutly reaching millennials. This is the conclusion and contains the final five reasons. Frank Powell is a pastor at Bayside Church in Granite Bay, California. This post was originally published on Read More [...]
We are pleased to repost this article which was originally published at ThomRainer.com on 1/9/17. Thom S. Rainer serves as president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Among his greatest joys are his family: his wife Nellie Jo; three sons, Sam, Art, and Jess; and ten grandchildren. Dr. Rainer can be found on Twitter @ThomRainer and at facebook.com/Thom.S.Rainer. Words can kill. Words can Read More [...]
