09/24/07 Children's Ministry: A Key Issue for Growing a Church

One of the key issues facing most children’s ministry today is the environment in which the teaching takes place.  Most dying churches have what I call “stale environments.” Kids are expected to enter a classroom, sit down, and be still as if...

09/17/07 Avoid the Three Deadly Coaching Blunders

by Bill Tenny-Brittian

Many church leaders give coaching a try. They've read and heard about the new wave of leadership development through effective coaching and so they decide to implement it in their context. Sadly, when all is said and done,...

09/10/07 Small Group Thinking

Often I get a question about the difference between a small group and a non-small group (what I call a "Class" and so on). I tend to differentiate between these groups based primarily on their discipleship development processes.

 House Church:...

09/03/07 The Inner Qualities of a Great Leader

One of the things that has become clearer the further we go into this gray world is the importance of the inner character of great leaders. Their inner character is what makes their actions so profound to those around them.  It’s not that they...