Your Leadership Attitude is Contagious
…her class well — and we certainly appreciate that. Why don’t you email her and apologize for whatever communication breakdown happened? It’s really not necessary to spend time trying to…
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From Fundraising to Stewardship
…practices are designed to preserve an institution or to embrace the cross of Jesus Christ? Do fundraising practices highlight the preservation of current structures, or do they lift up a…
Worship from the Eyes of a Child
…If you are just starting to develop a family friendly service, or if you have new families coming into the church, think about taking the children into your worship area…
Churches Birthing Churches
…denomination and practice cooperation in starting churches. Since then, Hillside UMC has come to see birthing churches as our primary identity and mission. In 2002, Liberty Hill UMC was born…
Passing the Mantle: Crisis or Opportunity?
…ministry with regrets and looking forward to retirement. I wanted these years to be my most effective in terms of the skill and practice of ministry developed over many years….
What to Expect from a Coach
…different but complementary with the other two. Coaching is focused on possibilities you have and is not dependent on the coach’s wisdom and experience. The coach seeks to bring forth…
Four Questions for Congregations
…can help keep a congregation on track when it comes to these essential attributes. “How are we doing?” is a question that all leaders within a congregation need to keep…
The Leader as Communicator
Effective leaders are good communicators, according to Lovett H. Weems, Jr. They understand the importance of all forms of communication and that communication is always two-way, receiving as well as…
Living in Paradox — The Life of American Clergy
…cultural forms and subvert them.” No one is pure. Even those most associated with “prophetic witness” have made their own compromises. Such tension is never comfortable for clergy. It means…
Toward a Compelling Theology of Lay Ministry
…dynamic, community of three equal, distinct, inherently interrelated persons. This relational, non-hierarchical image of the triune God provides a compelling model for collaborative ministry — a model for how laity…
Churches Where Youth Exhibit Highly Devoted Faith
…people exhibit highly devoted faith, and those churches look and act differently from other churches. Drawing on the work of Christian Smith and Melissa Lundquist Denton in Soul Searching: The…
Characteristics of a Healthy Youth Ministry
…into the intergenerational faith community extremely difficult. 7. An authentic, fun, and passionate community of belonging. It doesn’t really matter if youth participate in a youth group, a choir, a…
Ways to Welcome Worship Guests Warmly
…acknowledge and welcome guests in worship without singling them out or embarrassing them. In many communities, guests prefer to be anonymous so do not ask them to stand and introduce…
Three New Books on Effective Pastoral Ministry
…with Spirit by Bruce G. Epperly, Alban 2011 Epperly offers a wide-ranging compendium of advice for those new to pastoral ministry as well as those who teach, mentor, and advise…
Time to Invite
…to which a congregation is involved in evangelism or recruitment.” Inviting friends to church or even a church-related activity is much less common and comfortable today for many church members…
That Would Never Happen Here
…are called, would no more shout at one another than come to work wearing no clothes. It was not because they had been told not to do so but because,…
Use Trial Periods for New Ideas
…Sometimes a short-term trial can be a non-threatening way to try something before committing to it long term. Trying two worship services during Advent or Lent, for example, should add…
Church as an Uncommon Community
…does not want us to be a common community, one in which Republicans worship with Republicans, Democrats pray with Democrats. Instead, God wants us to be an uncommon community, one…
Monitoring Key Indicators of Congregational Health
…common practice of dividing the budget by 52 weeks as the standard to know whether the church is “ahead” or “behind” on the budget. Rather than coming in 52 equal…
Stop Complaining about Sunday Morning Sports
It’s a common complaint among clergy types, “Sunday morning sports are taking people away from worship!” This lament and the exasperation that accompanies it go deeper than just whether a…
The Color of Your Advent Candles Doesn’t Matter
…right?) finds it completely irrelevant. No one beyond the church cares about these things. Really. No one. And we wonder, “Why aren’t people coming to our churches?” Liturgical Fundamentalism It…
Spiritual Hardening of the Arteries
…community and struggle to remain a viable ministry. Community involvement and generosity dramatically increase a congregation’s circulation, thus enhancing health and vitality. As with physical heart disease, the causes of…
Leaders Interpret the Present in Light of the Past
…and stewards of the stories and practices of the community, which means they must help the church identify a useable past. Again and again in the biblical story, leaders help…
Should Time and Talents be Part of Your Stewardship Campaign?
…their time alongside their financial commitment with a simple fill-in-the-blank on your financial pledge card: I commit my time and talent to the church in the coming year through participation…
Asking Instead of Telling
…best practice — asking instead of telling — as an alternative to behavior that has bothered me for some time. That is, the consultants and gurus who come to a…
Showing Appreciation for Your Pastor
…and the pastor’s well-being that often suffer the most from such blurred time boundaries. Be positive. Practice reframing both your concerns and those of others into opportunities to advance God’s…
Servant Leadership: Jesus & Paul
…and humility, love and justice, suffering and sacrifice. Gospel leadership is diverse and egalitarian, self-less and communitarian, hard-working and tenacious, and perhaps most importantly, spirit-led. Examining Jesus’ mission through the…
What’s at Stake when Schism is an Option?
…Research Services for the Presbyterian Church (USA). (”W(h)ither the Mainline? Trends and Prospects.” Review of Religious Research, June 2007, 119-133) What happened in other denominations? Marcum divided mainline denominations into…
3 Actions Churches Should Take in Light of #MeToo
…an era of instantaneous, electronic communication 7 Ways Congregations Can Respond to the #MeToo Movement by General Commission on the Status and Role Of Women of the United Methodist Church…
Four Doors that Lead to Faith Development
…no longer needed to go to church because he was comfortable with his understanding of God. I asked him how often he practiced his musical instrument. He said he practiced…
