ministry-principles
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Repost: What are the little things you can trust people with?
Before you can entrust big things (projects, events, sermons, etc) to someone, you want to make sure they have been faithful in little things (Matt 25:21). We don’t simply do this to make sure they’re effective, or worthy. We do… Continue reading
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Reblog – Encourage informal ministry or formal ministry?
Both of these are good and vital to a growing church. Informal ministry is simple good gospel deeds; they go under the radar, usually only seen by one or two. It’s things like prayer, meals, phone calls, catching up, helping,… Continue reading
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How we arrived at the Purposes Model
After recently attending the very encouraging Nexus Conference I thought it’d be helpful to outline how we arrived at the Purposes Model. Back in 2008, we had 3 congregations and 1 more about to kick off. We had a Senior Pastor (Greg… Continue reading
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Reblog: What MTS experience is worth having before college?
After catching up with some Moore College students who just finished first year, I was reminded how the type of MTS experience you get is so important. College doesn’t teach you how to “do ministry”; it doesn’t teach methods, principles… Continue reading
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Why would you give a volunteer access to church data?
There’s a few things to think about before you give people access to contact details and other data. You’re not giving them access, you’re appointing them with responsibility. There are certain things people should do, and not do with private… Continue reading
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When you focus on one “why” over another “why”
If there are two types of reasons “why” you might do something (see previous post) can you focus on one of those types of “why” too much? You can… If you focus too heavily on the “functional why” (because we… Continue reading
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What type of “why” are you chasing?
There are two ways you can answer the question “why?” There’s the cause and the function. The motivation and the outcome. The purpose and the result. They are both right answers to the question “why?”. Both need to be addressed. Both need… Continue reading
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Few resources doesn’t mean lots of needs
People often get these two categories mixed up. Resources and Needs. That is, they’ll see a church that doesn’t have many resources; it doesn’t have a youth worker, it doesn’t have many staff, it doesn’t have growth group leaders; scripture… Continue reading
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How we interview and employ for church positions
Slowly. And by that I mean we have 3 phases; conversation phase, presentation stage, interview phase. The idea is that we don’t go to the interview phase until we are 90% certain we have the right person for the role.… Continue reading
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Remember you’re dealing with two worlds
Both worlds are connected, both worlds influence each other. God is sovereign over both, and he created both. But even so, be careful not to confuse these worlds or imagine links between them that aren’t there. I’m talking about the… Continue reading
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Finish at the height of fun
You have two options. Call things to an end at the height of their fun, or, call things to an end after that when everyone’s had enough. This is something they tell teachers and cru camp leaders all the time.… Continue reading
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Don’t wait for numbers, just run it
If you’re going to run an evangelistic course, don’t wait until you have enough participants. Why would you? If you’ve got two people who are willing to hear the gospel, do it as planned. Just smaller to suit the numbers. There’s… Continue reading
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Do you help people say no?
As a general rule, people who end up in Full-time paid ministry are they type of people who can either say “yes” to everything (and get it done), or they’re the type of people who feel comfortable saying “no” to… Continue reading
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