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According to a report by the BBC, people in the United States would like to give more power to religious leaders! Here's a brief excerpt from the article: Forty percent of people in the US would like religious leaders to be given more power, a Gallup International poll commissioned by the BBC …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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. …