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Every local church is on a mission, but when mission drift occurs, the church’s elders must make a course correction.
e2: effective elders
When “Your All” Isn’t Enough
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One of the great dangers of the modern church is that we have come to rely on our thinking, strength, wit, and skill and believe we can strategize, market, and promote our way out of the place in which we and our churches find ourselves.
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.
Elders are Mission Servant-Leaders
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There has been no finer servant leader than Jesus, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Jesus called people to serve him then, and he calls people to serve him now.
Political Engagement that Honors Jesus and Unifies the Body
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There is something right and beautiful about grateful, healthy patriotism, as long as it is always subject to our greater citizenship and its responsibilities.
Future-Thinking Elders
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Are we content with mediocrity and satisfied with the status quo? Do we ache to be more effective in our leadership efforts? . . .
The State of Elder Teams in Independent Restoration Churches
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An honest assessment of where we are as a movement when it comes to elders and their leadership. . . .
Guardians of Truth
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When I was a teen in the late 1960s, my church became a verbal battleground . . .