leadership
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Church Revitalization Will Be Won by Formed Leaders, Not Better Methods
Sam Rainer’s new research on the “new wave of pastors” finds the future of church revitalization depends less on better methods and more on…
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He Goes Ahead: Honoring the Shepherds Who Lead Us
“When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.”…
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Double Honor: What the Numbers Say About Honoring Our Pastors
Average pay for Southern Baptist pastors just fell for the first time since 2008, and only 37% of churches provide health insurance. Paul called…
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Organizations as Organisms
Every organization carries within it a culture — a living, breathing reality deeply rooted in human experience and identity. In Reframing Organizations, Lee Bolman…
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Using Authority amid Adaptive Challenges
When should leaders use their authority, and when does it get in the way? Heifetz on adaptive work, and what a pastor learned about…
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People As Your Greatest Resource
Jim Collins’ ‘first who, then what’ meets the mission of God: why the church must recover the laity as subjects, not objects, of the…
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Organizations are Cultures
Organizations both have cultures and are cultures, product and process at once. What an evangelical pastor in Orthodox Greece learned about tradition, innovation, and…
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Flexibility Preserves Organizational Life
Bolman and Deal found that even the most complex organizations need adhocracy to survive. On fluid structures, and why life produces order but order…
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Leaders as Learners
Chris Argyris showed that the smartest leaders are often the worst at learning from failure. On defensive reasoning, espoused theories, and why change is…