Building Leaders

How to form Christians today is unclear.

Followers possess extraordinary power. Here’s how they can use it.

In a time of so much uncertainty it’s comforting to know there are some rock-solid, absolutely guaranteed, methods to destroy the culture of whatever it is you’re leading. Here they are. Try them out!

A great alternative for older pastors is the ministry once known as “interim pastorate.” Whatever you call this position, the interim pastorate isn’t what it used to be. Increasing numbers of interim or transitional pastors are now deliberately using the “in between time” in churches as a great opportunity to bring about congregational revitalization.

Leaders have a choice: they can hold onto their power and use it purely for selfish ends, or they can give their power away to others.

Transformation is radical change. To transform means to change in the way that a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, or a tadpole into a frog, or a baby into a child and then into an adult. After the process is completed, it is as if the older form ceases to exist.

Some tasks are easier to do yourself, but where’s the fun in that? The fun – really, the sheer delight – is seeing someone else learn to handle a Kingdom responsibility and bless the Lord.

The best leaders I know keep growing. They never settle for mediocrity. They look for and tackle challenges that stretch them beyond their own...

I have yet to meet a leader who hasn’t doubted him or herself at some point in their lives.  Yet so often, we can feel...

Some years ago, when a church I was serving was hiring, a friend of mine applied for the job. I knew I could work with...

For years, people have debated whether leaders are born or made. Traditionally, debaters fall into four main schools of thought: The “born-leader” school This approach...

A “paradigm” is a mental model that describes a particular view of the world. It is a set of rules and regulations that defines...