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To lead like Jesus is first and foremost to make a deep commitment to personal formation. It emerges from followership and the fruit of the Spirit of God within us.
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Preach with the Wisdom God Provides
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Regardless of how effective we might be in creating emotional responses, it’s the preaching of God’s Word that helps people make deep and meaningful connections with God that leads to life change.
New Year, New Online Resources
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As we enter the New Year, we’d like to introduce several new online resources we’re making available to our readers in 2025.
Training Programs Continue to Take a Non-Traditional Approach to Preparing Ministry Leaders for the Local Church
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In addition to traditional four-year colleges and universities, online and non-degree options are helping to fill the ministry pipeline in local churches.
A Movement of Leaders and Leadership Development
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Spiritual development became the process by which leaders were developed in the early years of the Restoration Movement, as fellow sojourners would spur one another on in the search for truth.
Leadership Development: Lessons from Churches Around the World
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Churches around the world have a variety of methods for leadership training, even in the midst of persecution. We may be able to learn from them.
Churches Stepping Up: How Local Churches Are Developing Elders
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It’s time to hand the keys of leadership to the next generation of elders and watch them accomplish more for our King’s kingdom than we ever thought possible.
Healthy Churches Produce Healthy Leaders
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leaders can evaluate four vital signs that speak to the health of the local church: Students, Statements, Struggles, and Statistics.
Focusing on the Future: How Our Colleges and Universities Are Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
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To meet the needs of young, old, and in between, Christian colleges and universities are developing and introducing training programs intended to provide theologically sound training with practical experience—both on and off campus.