As I prepare to lead a church planting effort in Denver, Colorado, I am meeting with different pastors, planters and friends explaining our plans. If the person I am speaking to has ministry leadership experience, I usually ask if they have any advice for me.
I recently received five minutes of such advice that were worth [...]
Posts under ‘Church leadership’
Reminders for the weary, or not so weary, church planter/pastor
Akin on Driscoll, Acts 29
Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (a pretty decent place to prepare for ministry, from what I have heard though still not as good as my seminary), recently offered his reflections on the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention.
I commend the entire post to you.
Below I have excerpted Akin’s comments on Mark [...]
Hey don’t I have spiritual gifts too? Reflections on Christian celebritism emulating those we respect
John Piper recently published a helpful post on the Desiring God blog, titled “Hero Worship and Holy Emulation.” There he reflected on the danger of worshipping well known Christians and the value of learning from godly men and following their example.
Kevin DeYoung followed with an equally helpful post where he noted that we should both [...]
Church and culture
In an otherwise helpful series of reflection questions coming out of Advance09, a conference I would love to have attended, Luke Wisley asked one that left me scratching my head:
1) With the ever changing culture around the church defining what a church is has become more difficult. Can you biblically define what a church is? [...]
Should a church have a vision statement?
Do good leaders lay out a powerful vision for the local church? Or is a vision statement a manmade creation that detracts from a biblical approach to the local church?
Recently in a 9Marks interview (click on audio, then Michael McKinley interview) Mark Dever, Matt Schmucker and Michael McKinley downplayed the importance of a vision statement [...]