authority
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Extra-biblical material can be helpful – if you read it wrong
It always seems that Christians are 20 years behind… a new music style comes out, like rock and roll, and “the church” deplores it before eventually incorporating it. Everything from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People all the way through… Continue reading
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Why your MC should have more authority than the pastor…
At least for that time they lead and love the Sunday gathering, your MC should have the authority to make the calls they think need to be made… cut a song, do an extra prayer, cut and ad, change the… Continue reading
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You haven’t delegated until you’ve told other people who’s the boss
This is a pretty simple one. If you’re appointing someone to do something that you’re normally responsible for, you don’t just explain that to them. You need to explain it to everyone else too. If you’ve asked someone to organise… Continue reading
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Disagreement does not mean devaluing
It’s really important that we separate disagreeing from devaluing. Being disagreed with does not mean that we’re being devalued. Just because my boss doesn’t agree with me, that doesn’t mean he devalues me. Just because a husband decides against his wife’s… Continue reading
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Situational Leadership (Styles 1-4)
Scott Parry-Jones from EV helped us think about this. There are two ways to think about how your leading others; the authority continuum, and the discussion continuum. The authority continuum ranges from “I have all the authority” right over to… Continue reading
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How does one become an authority?
The more I think about this, the more important this issues seems to be, yet I can’t remember anyone’s thoughts on it (apart from my own team). If the NT has a place for people in authority in church, and… Continue reading



