Leadership
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Our church leadership is praying through next steps of how we can help other churches pray and discern what the Spirit may be leading them to do in revitalization. Read more
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As a leader if I am not building up other people I am failing at my calling. #leadership — Dan Thompson (@cdanielthompson) May 24, 2016 No matter the size of your church, you have the resources and gifts to BE the Kingdom of God. Pastor, equip them! #leadership — Dan Thompson (@cdanielthompson) May 24,… Read more
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The key to multiplication and significance is found in relationships. Read more
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In the past week I’ve been looking back (again) at the voices that have influenced my life as a minister, as a believer, as a person. Two big questions: What are the top 5 books that have deeply impacted your life as a leader and/or believer? Who are the top ten influencers in your life?… Read more
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J.R. Briggs and Bob Hyatt have teamed up to write a book on elders in the context of being a “missional” church. (I am not even going to pretend I know what that word means. I’ve tried. I’ve failed. Just go with it.) The book is Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful… Read more
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Henri Nouwen in his wonderful little book titled In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership shows just how “out of touch” he was in his day. Irrelevant leadership? Puh-leeeaaze! The temptation is to be relevant. To show power, ability, or rightness. “Words like right-wing, reactionary, conservative, liberal, and left wing are used to describe people’s opinions… Read more
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This past weekend I called out the dreams of God in a way I’ve just never tried before. I declared completely irrational things that I can truly blame as “the anointing.” 😉 Besides that, I sensed a strong call from the Lord to speak out the dreams HE is giving me. It’s not my ability… Read more
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2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him. (1 Sam. 22:2, NIV) The mark of a great leader isn’t that they seem to be able to hire great people. The mark of a great leader is that they… Read more
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I commented the other day about the move from success to significance to obedience and how there aren’t many leadership books on “obedience.” While that is true, and it’s probably true because generally we only want to read about “successful” people, I think there are some great examples. The problem is obedience has such a… Read more
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I heard someone teach on moving from success to significance to obedience. The comment was made that there aren’t many leadership books on obedience. That is probably true because we only want to read about “successful” people. Read more
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