Leadership Development

Articles to help you in the areas of...

1. Assimilation
2. Church Health
3. Discipleship/Education
4. Evaluation/Church Growth
5. Evangelism
6. Lay Ministry
7. Leadership
8. Organization/Management
9. Pastoral Care
10. Team Building

Assimilation

• How To Keep Those We Reach
• Keeping Newcomers With A Pastor'S Class
• Who Is Holding The Rope?
• Are You Ready For Company?
• Building Bridges: The Key to Reaching People
• First Steps for New Believers

Church Health

• Keeping Your Church on the Cutting Edge
• To Transform a LIFE It Takes a GROUP
• Starting Groups that Build People
• Four Convictions of Highly Evangelistic Churches
• Creating a Climate for Trust
• Healthy Churches Grow Healthy People
• Will Your Church Prevail?
• Intentionally Building a Healthy Church

Discipleship/Education

• New Groups Make Your Church Fit
• Making Decisions Or Making Disciples
• The Ministry Of Groups
• Starting Groups that Build People
• First Steps for New Believers
• Map A Training Strategy Using Jesus' Discipling Plan

Evaluation/Church Growth

• Analyze And Grow
• You Only Get One Chance
• Building Programs That Attract People
• The Ministry Of Groups
• Rules Of Thumb For Sunday School Growth
• Creating A Climate For Growth
• Ten Ideas For Visitation
• The Myth Of Success And Church Growth
• Impressive Moments - Improving Your Church's Image
• Keep First Things First
• The Church and Secular Society: Reading the Cultural Stream

Evangelism

• Giving The Gift Of Life
• The Baby Boomer, Sunday School, And God
• Seasons Of The Soul
• Teletouch Ministry
• Friend Day Reaches Friends
• Identifying And Enrolling Prospects
• The Church and Secular Society: Reaching and Discipling the Secular Person
• Four Convictions of Highly Evangelistic Churches
• Building Bridges: The Key to Reaching People
• The Law of Investment

Lay Ministry

• 10 Steps To Developing A Powerful Team
• Square Pegs In Round Holes
• Discovering Ministry Gifts
• Training Leaders In The Smaller Church
• Plugging Into People Power
• Understanding The Differences In People
• Character: The Foundation Of Servant Leadership
• Four Steps To Building Leaders
• Motivational Gifts Profile
• The Law of Investment
• Finding Your Way When Map is Changing
• Virtual Church?
• Will Your Church Prevail?
• Mobilizing Believers for Ministry
• Shaping Ministry for the 21st Century

Leadership

• Learning at the Speed of Life
• Character: The Foundation Of Servant Leadership
• Four Steps To Building Leaders
• The Power Of Vision
• Driven By A Consuming Vision
• New Wineskins -- I Hate Change!
• Dealing With Difficult People
• Increase Your Influence
• Contending With Your Critics
• 10 Steps To Bringing Change And Living To Tell About It
• Developing the Characteristics and Skills of a Godly Leader
• Five Essential Leadership Skills
• 10 Steps To Developing A Powerful Team
• Understanding The Differences In People
• Credibility
• Defanging the Serpent Called Success
• Creating a Climate that Develops Leaders
• Virtual Church?
• Understanding and Working with Your Church's Culture
• The Power Game

Organization/Management

• Building Programs That Attract People
• Structuring To Make Dynamic Disciples
• Designing The 21st Century Church
• Organizational Life Cycle
• What Causes Tensions in the Team
• Creating a Climate for Trust
• Map A Training Strategy Using Jesus' Discipling Plan
• Finding Your Way When Map is Changing
• Understanding and Working with Your Church's Culture
• Mobilizing Believers for Ministry
• Keeping Your Church on the Cutting Edge

Pastoral Care

• Teletouch Ministry
• Visitation: A Ministry Of Love

Team Building

• Learning at the Speed of Life
• To Transform a LIFE It Takes a GROUP
• What Causes Tensions in the Team
• Creating a Climate that Develops Leaders
• Virtual Church?
• Mobilizing Believers for Ministry
• Shaping Ministry for the 21st Century