September 2017
Upcoming 2017 Mission and Ministry Schedule
September 18-25: Mission trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
October 11-21: Mission trip to Peru [Lima, IBI, Los Pinos; Cusco, Encuentro IberoAmericano]
October 29: Mission Report and Preaching, Northside church, Mena, AR
October 31 - November 14: Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Ohio Valley University
November 30 - December 3: Baxter board meeting and graduation, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
A 2017 Calendar that includes all scheduled ministry and mission activities is available. I hope you can attend an event when I am in your area. Contact me for details or to inquire about a possible visit.
Also available is an early version of the 2018 Calendar, reflecting already-scheduled activities.
Leveraged Leadership
This month's feature article develops several points related to church leadership. Here are the highlights. Expanded commentary is available in the article (see link below).
- Back to basics: Leadership is influence. Leadership ultimately boils down to influence-it is personal not positional.
- The tendency in many churches is toward operating like an organization more than like an organism.
- Leveraged leadership is the difference between progress and mediocrity. Three things will help leaders leverage their leadership.
- Many churches appoint leaders and keep using an organizational model that is unbiblical and does not work. Believe it or not, the basic ideas of leveraging leadership, identifying and using all of the gifts that exist within the church, and decentralizing control are foreign concepts to many who fill positions in church leadership.
- What? How? The members can work together efficiently and effectively if they know two things: what and how.
- Catching the dream. When everyone knows the goal and sees the path to the goal, each person can identify his or her own role. Churches that catch this dream grow rapidly!
- The best leaders understand the biblical concept of the church. That they are leaders is clear, because everyone is following.
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The complete article can be accessed and downloaded at: Leveraged Leadership
