4 insights to help you practice servant leadership
When we asked Christian leaders the top leadership skill they’d like to personally develop over the next 12 months, No. 3 on the list was servant leadership.
How to experience a breakthrough in your church’s growth
The growth of the church is for the good of the entire world, so your church needs to grow!
5 reasons many pastors struggle with depression
Many pastors really do struggle with depression.
4 tactics to guard your heart
As leaders, you need to know that there is a battle going on for your credibility and character.
President Carter speaking at Liberty U. commencement
Liberty University, whose president’s early endorsement of President Trump foreshadowed a groundswell of evangelical support for the chief executive, has invited former President (and liberal Democrat) Jimmy Carter to speak at its spring commencement ceremony. Carter will be the third president to speak at the school, following George H.W. Bush and Trump. Scheduled for May 19, the school’s 45th commencement will recognize about 18,000 graduates, including the first class of the College of Osteopathic Medicine. In a statement regarding the invitation to Carter, Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. said he had tremendous respect for the former chief executive as a [...]
5 key leadership lessons I wish I knew 25 years ago
I’ve been in vocational ministry for more than 38 years, and if only I knew then what I know now.
Book review: Designed to Lead
What? Another book on leadership? Yes, it is, but Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development has a different take on the subject.
3 lessons for leadership focus
The next time you take a photo with an actual camera (and not your phone), ponder that automatic and manual button and take inventory of your leadership focus.
I had to resign because I failed to love
Ever heard of someone fired because they failed to love? Gene Appel, Senior Pastor of Eastside Christian Church, challenges biblical leaders toward self-examination.
The key to creating a loyal leader
Some of the most powerful acts of leadership happen in the smallest acts of kindness.
13 questions to discover your management blind spots
If we aren’t equipped to see these blind spots on our own, then how are we supposed to address and work on them?
How my weakness became my greatest superpower
Ironically, often what we deem as a weakness is the thing God will choose to use in our lives for His glory.
5 marks of a mature leader
If you serve in any leadership capacity for very long, you’re going to have to grow in maturity over time to be able to handle all of the new challenges and changing seasons of leadership.
How to navigate a tough staff conversation
It’s easy to neglect such vital conversations for several reasons: fear, they’ve gone sour in the past, we don’t know how, etc. But to lead well, we must not avoid those talks.
What motivates your servant leadership?
What is your mindset when it comes to servant leadership? Does it look more like the world's definition or a biblical definition?
5 words that say everything
These five words of gratefulness could change the way you approach life and leadership.
What does servant leadership look like?
Do you spell it s-e-r-v-i-c-e or serve-us?
Guiding cause-driven Millennials toward Christ-driven leadership
There are two things we can do to lead our cause-driven young adults to Christ-driven leadership for the cause of Christ.
3 reasons self-awareness makes you a better leader
Servant leadership requires a proper perspective in every situation. It's more than something you do; it's who you are.
Leading open and closed people
When it comes to leading difficult people, who do you continue to invest in and who do you stop spending time and energy on?
