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3 Results of Controlling Leadership

Leaders need room to breathe, explore, and take risks.

Dave Ramsey: Think Long-Term

Craig Groeschel interviews Dave Ramsey about investing, faith, and leadership principles.

Free eBook: Commentary on Genesis

A critical and exegetical commentary on Genesis.

Did You Know These Were Christian Retailers?

A CNN Belief Blog listed several companies with deeply Christian roots.

Top 5 Ways to Burn Out Your Staff

These mistakes come with guaranteed results. It's only a matter of time.

Are Single Pastors Taboo?

Mark Almlie wonders why some churches insist on having a married pastor.

Sweet Spot or Sweat Spot: Where Are You Working?

Does working in your sweet spot sound idealistic? It shouldn’t.

Is Leadership Un-Biblical?

Do we need to find a new word for what it really means to "lead" in the church?

7 Valuable Documents for Leaders

Michael Lukaszewski suggests these top docs for your ministry.

Church Trends with Dave Travis

Tony Morgan talks with Dave Travis about future trends sure to impact the church.

3 Ways to Respond to a Controlling Leader

Ron Edmondson offers insight for dealing with difficult leaders.

10 Reasons Why Churches Are Broke

Tony Morgan offers insights to help pinpoint church giving obstacles.

Defending Mideast Christians: Who Will Do It?

An editorial in the USA Today calls for the U.S. government to intervene in the protection of minority Christians in Muslim countries.

When You Think You Can’t Make It One More Day

Are there moments in your life when you think “I simply cannot make it another day?”  When those times of fear and frustration set in,...

The Attractional Basis of Neo-Reformed Church Plants YES OR NO?: or Don’t Try This at Home if You Live in the Secularized North

In a recent post on this blog I made the statement: “I have no doubt that the success of many of the New Reformed ...

30 Ways to Stay Alive to Missions

by Tyler Kenney In their 2010 year-end report, the Barna Group identified six major patterns emerging among Christians in America: The Christian Church is becoming less theologically literate. Christians...

7 Top Issues Church Planters Face, Issue #4: Systems, Processes and Cultures

Todd Wilson, Director of Exponential, and I partnered together on a research project to determine the most important issues facing church planters...

Who is Your “And”?

Around ten years ago, I picked up two prostitutes at a gas station. Reading that, I’m sure you have certain expectations about my...

Thank you – Erwin McManus

What we read shapes us, often more than we realize at the time. Sometimes that book we pick up from the shelf has a...

Get More People to Back Your Vision

When you’re presenting and casting your vision, always put your best foot forward.

David Ashcraft on the Surprising, ‘Deep Emotions’ He Felt Stepping Down...

David Ashcraft joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how leadership has changed, how pastors can leave their churches better than they found them, and the startling emotions he felt when he stepped down as senior pastor.

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