Kingdom Leadership (Page 8)

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Gifts and Mission

Tim Woodroof continues the series on a church finding or calling a new preaching minister or senior pastor, especially during interim ministry, and the key point is that a church needs to know who it is and what God has called them to do before they try t

How do our spiritual gifts help us determine our mission?

People in the Process of Mission

Greg Anderson continues the series from Interim Ministry Partners about helping a church discover its mission by focusing on the people in the process.

How do we hear from God about our mission?

Mission and Bible Study

Phil Ware continues the series of articles on discerning your mission for churches to work through as they are in a season of looking for a preaching minister or pastor and Phil emphasizes both the universal mission passages and the specific mission passa

Hey, don't forget the greatest source of information on our mission, the Bible!

Prayer and Mission

Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.

So if they didn't and couldn't, how dare we?

It Starts with Mission

Tim Woodroof begins a series of articles by Interim Ministry Partners on discovering a congregation's mission by talking about how churches want to find someone to fill the pulpit in a hurry when they first need to discover who they are and what their mis

Where do you begin to find a new preacher, pastor, or minister?

A little Bit of Mission Stubbornness

Greg Anderson completes the series on seasons in the life of a church and its vision, mission, and focus.

Can we have a dash of stubborness in our mission stew?

The Communication Illusion

Rubel Shelly reminds us of the importance and fragile danger of communication in organizations, businesses, families, and churches because communication doesn't happen until someone hears and understands, not just when someone says something.

So has communication really taken place?

Time to Re-prime?

Phil Ware continues the Interim Ministry Partners series on helping declining and aging churches find new life.

Can a declining church embrace a new mission?

Bill Knapp's Keeps Me up at Night

Mark Frost of Interim Ministry Partners shares a powerful parable about Bill Knapp's restaurants and America's quick fix mentality about the North American church and its troubles.

How can an out of business restaurant speak to churches?

Seasons in the Life of a Congregation

Tim Woodroof begins a series of articles by the partners at Interim Ministry Partners http://www.interimministrypartners.com, on the seasons in the life of a church.

Are congregations supposed to go through a lifecycle.

What's Missing from the North American Church?

Scot McKnight shares some things on his heart about Scripture, the Bible, and how we have misplaced it as the Church and forgotten to listen to God speak through His Word.

Why is it so hard for us to get this one key point?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Values & Integrity

Greg Anderson reminds us why values are so important and how we must live out of our values with integrity.

How do we handle our values with integrity in the life of our congregation?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Personal vs. shared Values

Phil Ware continues the series on values and leadership, especially conflict in the leadership because they cannot discern operational, personal, strategic, theoretical, shared, and other types of values.

Why can't we just do it the way I see it?

Discovering the Character of your Church: 'Are' Values or 'Should' Values?

Tim Woodroof talks about the values of churches and distinguishes between the values that are and the values that churches feel like they should have.

How do we get down to our true values?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Core Values

Mark Frost of interimministrypartners.com shares insights into transition times for churches who are looking for a minister or pastor and helps them discover ways to determine their core values.

What really do we value?