Basic elements of a leadership development program Danny Wallen finished up his sessions yesterday by giving us a couple of different models for developing leaders. I'll just quote them here: The Two Track Analogy There are four parts of leadership development that work together like the …
A Plan for Leadership Development
My assignment from yesterday's CECL session was to write up a preliminary plan for leadership development in a church. Considering that I am preparing to start a new church, I thought in terms of developing leaders from the "ground up" so to speak. It's a rough draft, but this is what I have so …
CECL Session #5 Day 2
I was pretty critical about yesterday's sessions because I was expecting something different than what was actually delivered. Today's sessions were much better in the sense that my expectations for the day were actually surpassed by the sessions themselves. There were two basic things that …
CECL Session #5 Day 1
The point of this week's session is to help us pastors develop additional skills in "Transformational Preaching," so the main presenters for the week are Dr. Michael Quicke, a professor of preaching and communication at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, and Lori Carrell who is a professor of …
CECL Session #5
Here I am at my fifth session of CECL --- the Center for Excellence in Congregational Leadership --- at the Green Lake Conference Center. It has been a good day so far, and the theme for this week is "Transformational Preaching." You'll have to listen to my sermons from here on out to tell me if …
Answering some questions on leadership
I'm a part of a program called CECL which stands for the Center for Excellence in Congregational Leadership and one of my assignments for the next session was to answer briefly these questions: Personal Info Name, address, position etc--- Also give me a couple sentences describing your …
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Leadership Summit 2005 Day 1.3
One of the most remarkable stories in South Africa is that of a small, poor, township known as Soweto. In this unlikely locale, Mosa Sono leads a thriving congregation of over 8,000 with a commitment to present the gospel of Jesus in a way that touches the practical lives of hurting people. …
I have a coach!
Jen and I are starting a church with Midwest Church Planting a ministry of the Midwest Baptist Conference. The head of Midwest Church Planting has just assigned me a coach for the church planting process. Now, I have someone to talk to about all things church planting! My coach is Richard Wollard …
Leave the church?
I'm not even done with this article yet, but I can already sense that it's worth putting up here. You won't regret taking the time to read it. Detoxing from Church …
“Longing for a Church”
I recently read an article from "Brother Maynard" at Subversive Influence in which he identifies the 9 things he is looking for in a church. This list is interesting to me because Brother Maynard is a self-confessed member of the emerging church movement which really is just a term to refer to …
The cat’s out of the bag
My wife and I have just recently told our congregation that we are following God's leading to start a new church in Lafayette, Indiana. We've been thinking and praying about church planting for some time, and I even had a (secret) weblog about our initial investigations into church planting and …
Supposed to make a real decision
Well, the Vision Team of our church has asked Jen and me to make an announcement on Sunday letting the congregation know that we are being led to start a new church. We had all agreed that it would be okay and even a good thing to let the congregation know before we knew where we were going to go. I …
A decision has been made!
Well, it’s not the BIG decision, but it is a little decision. Jen and I will be telling our congregation this Sunday that God is leading us into church planting. We don’t have a definite location, and we don’t have a definite timeframe, but the indications all point to the fact …
Indianapolis & Lafayette
Jen and I visited Indianapolis this weekend. There are some areas of Indianapolis that are absolutely booming with growth. It truly is remarkable to see that on the north side of the city, there are some counties with the highest growth rates in the nation. On the south side of the city, there is …
Chesterton: Met with Pastor Neil
Last week I had the chance to meet with Pastor Neil Horner of Duneland Community Church. He generously offered to buy me lunch even though we hadn’t met before. We had a great conversation and I picked up on a few significant things: He is passionate about seeing the community impacted for …
Jen says she knows
My wife told me last week that she already has a sense from God regarding where we should plant a church. She isn’t telling me yet because I don’t have a clear sense yet. However, I think I know where it is that she is feeling called to. I also have a sense that I know where we are going …