Nothing but prayer
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Culture, Faith, Leadership, Missional | 2 Comments »Here is a great story from a book I recently read titled, The Revolutionary Communicator. Notice the emphasis on personal prayer. Nico Smith, like most Afrikaners of his era in South Africa, grew up drinking a doctrine of white superiority with ...
Leadership Issues 6
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in Church, Church Planting, Leadership | No Comments »Visionary Leadership is essential but is potentially dangerous. It has proven the most effective leadership style. It has the danger of becoming leader centered. It has the danger of becoming hyper visionary. Count the cost. Luke 14:28-32 (NIV) 28 "Suppose one of you wants to ...
Leadership Issues 5
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in Faith, Leadership, Missional | No Comments »Remember your gifts and from where they come. 1 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though ...
Prayer to avoid the fall!
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Church Planting, Leadership | 1 Comment »I usually feel very uncomfortable asking people to pray for me, but that is rather immature and shallow. I found out this weekend that a fellow church-planter resigned and stepped down from his leadership role because of moral failure. You can ...
