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One Question to Improve Your Cause

Do you lead an organization with a cause or a cause with organization?

The Art of Giving Bad News

Four thoughts on sharing bad news with grace and integrity.

The Great Distraction to the Great Commission

Thom Rainer: "I am convinced that we have a major crisis in our churches."

A Majority Supports Prayer in Public Schools

Sixty-five percent of Americans support prayer in public schools.

Free eBook: Breakthrough Decision Making

"If you’re going to make some big decisions in your life,in your church or in your company, you should first stop and ask how those decisions will be made."

11 Ways You Can Serve the People You Lead

Perry Noble shares helpful ideas for becoming a stronger servant-leader.

How to Overcome Resistance to Change

Both church name changes and switching bathroom soaps can face an eerily similar uphill battle over the status quo.

7 Habits of Behind-the-Back Leadership

Lead well, even when the team’s back is turned.

What You Don’t Want to Hear About Heaven and Hell

Mark Driscoll: “There is a real hell that will be full.”

10 Tips for Creating a Culture of Generosity

Kick-start a new vision for your giving in 2011.

6 Ways to Get the Best Out of Your Team

Draw the best work out of your people by leading yourself and building relationships.

Topics Announced for Elephant Room

The topics were announced yesterday for Elephant Room: Preaching to Build Attendance vs. Preaching to Build ...

Social Dominance: What Newborn Babies Are Teaching Us About Leadership

I get to teach the subject of leadership on a regular basis.  I often start the session by asking the audience to call out their answers to...

On Why Reconciling Conflict is Ground Zero for the Inbreaking of the Kingdom

I was speaking at a Church Multiplication Training Event last week and I said (and tweeted ) these words: “Reconciling conflict is ground...

The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor

This book surprised me.  The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor sat on my shelf for a few months before I finally picked it...

7 Top Issues Church Planters Face, Issue #5: Casting Vision and Avoiding Mission Drift

Today I will continue to unpack the top issues planters face according to interviews with church planting leaders and planters. The ...

Bonhoeffer and Hitler

Let me recommend a valuable exercise: a simultaneous reading of biographies of two guys who tried to kill each other. I normally try to aim...

Breaking Down the Church Walls

A few months back, I interviewed two pastors and a former drug dealer about breaking down the walls of the church. Those interviews...

What Makes Music "Christian"?

Building off of yesterday’s post, I want to pose a second question about the way we often frame media as Christian or secular.What exactly...

Getting More Volunteers

Developing volunteers isn’t just a church growth strategy, it’s part of the discipleship process.  We must help understand their gifting and teach...

‘Lyrics Matter’—Evangelist Shane Pruitt Sounds the Alarm on Taylor Swift’s New...

Pop star Taylor Swift has come under fire following the release of a surprise 31-song double album, titled "The Tortured Poets Department," last Friday (April 19). Some have criticized Swift, who has described herself as a Christian, for her “self-worshipping” lyrics that include biblical imagery. 

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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