Leveraging Talent and Staffing to Vision

Leveraging Talent and Staffing to Vision

Change is inevitable for all churches, but intentional change is often resisted, painful, and slow. One way to lead a church through intentional change with as little conflict as possible is to get the church to buy into a vision. Chris Gambill of the Center for...
As Demands of Ministry Grow, A Coach Can Help

As Demands of Ministry Grow, A Coach Can Help

I know an 83-year-old tennis player who has one arm. He has a bit of a belly. He doesn’t run well anymore. But if I’m choosing a partner for doubles, I’m choosing Jack.  Jack knows more about the game of tennis than anyone else I know.  He...

Finding Our Way Through the Wilderness

This life will eventually carry us through a wilderness, a period of life epitomized by hard- ships, suffering, wandering, and grief. The wilderness can also be a time to withdraw from the world, to give up something of significance in order to think, pray, read, and...