Articles
Coaching for Church Leaders
Dr. Bob Harrington
"I am the founding minister/pastor of Harpeth Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee. We are a healthy church with about 550 in attendance, 50 baptisms a year, and a plan to move into our own building within the next 6-7 months (where we anticipate significant future growth). From the outside..."
Top 12 Resources in the Last 12 Months
Dr. Bob Harrington
Bob Harrington provides a helpful list of the top resources for church planting over the last twelve months, since 2006.
Keys to New Church Leadership Greatness
John Wasem
John Wasem, professor at Emmanuel School of Religion, gives eight keys to greatness in the area of new church leadership. The first key is to "maintain absolute integrity..."
Communication: Indispensable to Leadership
John Wasem
Resilient Leadership: What Does it Take?
John Wasem
In order to be a resilient leader when adversity arises, it takes commitment, control and challenge. John Wasem describes how every leader can grow in these areas regardless of their having the "resilient gene" or not.
Brainstorming as a Leadership Lever
John Wasem
Leading with Kindness
John Wasem
John Wasem describes how leaders can be assertive in leadership while still maintaining kindness. Using Tony Dungy, he gives a modern day example of Jesus' rebuke of his disciples: "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you'" (Mark 10).
Planting Churches Committed to Relational Discipleship
Dr. Bob Harrington
Real Life Ministries is a mega church that has about 8,000 of its 8,500 members in small groups. The church was planted in 2000! In this article, Dr. Bob Harrington summarizes his learnings from many hours in training at Real Life Ministries and personal coaching with Real Life Ministries leader Jim Putman. The key to Rea Life Ministries' methodology of church is "Relational Discipleship" and here's what that means...