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The love that sparks the task should fuel the task
When you start a project or task its easy to get motivated. New things are exciting and carry a sense of momentum. But we don’t just go and do new things… we do things that we believe in… we just… Continue reading
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The people in the meeting define the purpose, not just the person calling the meeting
This may seem the wrong way around, and to some extent, it shouldn’t be this way. However, every time someone new joins a meeting, the purpose of the meeting changes slightly to accommodate their “needs”; whether felt needs or real… Continue reading
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Keep your team from “silo-ing”… except when they need to silo
A silo is a big container that keeps things separate. And you don’t want your team to do that. The welcoming guy should really care about what the mission guy is doing, the mag guy should be anxious about what’s… Continue reading
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Should your team have “goals” or “problems to fix”?
It doesn’t matter really. They are both concepts of the future. They’re both things to work towards. But some people need to hear it one way, and other people need to hear it the other way. Goal: Encourage 100 people… Continue reading
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Why the core activity of leadership is making decisions
If you’re a leader of a ministry, an group, a church, whatever, your core activity is making decisions. In the end, it was your decision to accept this post, it was your decision to get people on board with you,… Continue reading
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Privacy, keeping secrets and keeping confidences in ministry #horstmans-laws.6
(This is a series of reflections on Horstman’s Laws) Sometimes the people of this world truly are better at dealing with their own kind than people in the kingdom (Lk 16). In the secular world, people know they need to… Continue reading
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Join the team, not the job description
If you’ve got staff who are “church members” first, the next step is not to offer them a job. The next step is to offer them a spot on the staff team. Again this is an important distinction. Team members… Continue reading
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Do you have staff members who are paid to go to church or church members who are paid to be on staff?
This is a really important distinction. And it’s important that you keep making it clear both to your church and your staff team. Some church staff members see themselves kind of like “consultants”. They are only at this particular church… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #4: You’re not an all-rounder
So there’s something like 5 big reasons or purposes behind everything we do in ministry… But chances are you have a bent towards 2 or maybe 3 of them. That is, you agree with all the big purposes, you love… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #3 : You already do them (probably badly)
If you’re in paid full time ministry, you’ve already thought hard about WHY you do the things your doing. You’ve thought hard about why you spend 10hrs on one thing, and only 2 on the other, right? (Ok well lets… Continue reading
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