Seth Godin is to be one of the faculty for this year’s Global Leadership Summit. He is not someone I am familiar with, so I have picked up one of his books, recommended by a friend, ‘Tribes – We need you to lead us’. It is a great book, full of interesting thoughts and comments […]
The first time we attended EQUIP’s Million Leaders Mandate (MLM) course at United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) studio in Stoke-on-Trent, we were impressed. (And it was free!) The second time we attended we were more impressed. The third time, you’ve guessed it, we were even more impressed. So much so, we had a thought: if only […]
Last time I mentioned some things I think need to shape how we engage with Gen Y. Yet, we will also need to offer a critique of some of the aspects of their culture and throughout hold onto a biblically informed model for growing leaders. I wonder about two areas in particular we may need […]
Leave your sheep behind you and they stay there while you rush ahead with your great plans – soon they’re so far behind, you lose sight of them and they feel abandoned while you, their leader, blame them for turning back to their own affairs; but keep your sheep in front where your eye can […]
A FEW KEY LESSONS I HAVE LEARNT IN MY YEARS AS A CHURCH LEADER Some time ago now I began to draw up a simple list of what I called my “Personal Philosophy of Ministry”, which basically were some of the key ingredients and lessons I had learnt as a Pastor and Church Leader. The […]
So what does motivate you and I to do the things we do in serving within our local church contexts? This is a question that I pose to leadership teams within churches and the answers I receive seem to differ depending upon the ‘generation’ I am asking. In very broad general terms, here is how […]
It is extraordinary how we can be getting on with God’s business and unexpectedly we are caught off guard by a development within our own soul. It takes us by surprise because it is not usually how we are, and the thoughts are not those we regularly entertain. We see others making progress and rather […]
I’ve recently been doing some research on Gen Y. Now for those who don’t know who they are, in essence those born between (roughly) 1980 and 2000. They are the generation that follow Gen X (a term you may be more familiar with), and they are different to us Gen Xers! All these generational distinctions […]
You know that song ‘ When I survey the wondrous cross’ ? Isaac Watts’ original lyrics ran ‘Where the young prince of glory died’. Jesus was about 30 when he began his public ministry; the early church was a youth movement. The word ‘elders’ can confuse us today. Paul’s elders were probably quite young by […]
It is so easy to get involved in ministry when God has spoken to us and we are passionate about what He has called us to do. Youth work is not particularly on it’s own in this area; we all feel passionate and enthusiastic about what we are getting into, if we don’t we probably […]
