November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee
e2: Effective Elders
Team Integrity
Church leadership requires more than strong opinions. Elders and staff must lead with humility, integrity, accountability, trustworthiness, transparency, and a willingness to work as a team.
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
David Wright urges church elders to move beyond agendas into genuine friendship. He names common barriers, calls for humility and grace, and offers practical ways to build trust,…
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Culture & Public SquareChurch & Ministry
Succession and the Church
Few churches handle lead minister succession well, but there are four steps for an effective succession PLAN (Prepare, Look Ahead, Assess, Navigate).
Church LeadershipThe Crux of Evangelism
It comes down to this: Do you care? Do you value lost people? Do you have the same compassion for them that Christ had for you (John 3:16; Romans 5:8)?
Discipleship & Spiritual FormationRhythm of Rest
In Genesis 1, God created more than earth and the expansive universe. He created measured time, and a vital element of measured time is the rhythm of rest.
Church & MinistryThe Leader and Spiritual Warfare
There is a battle raging! The fight is all around us, a fight that influences each of us as leaders in the church. The enemy is real, powerful,…
Church & MinistryElders Leading on a Mission
Every local church is on a mission, but when mission drift occurs, the church’s elders must make a course correction.
PrayerWhen “Your All” Isn’t Enough
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,…
Church LeadershipHealthy Churches Produce Healthy Leaders
leaders can evaluate four vital signs that speak to the health of the local church: Students, Statements, Struggles, and Statistics.
Church & MinistryElders are Mission Servant-Leaders
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…
Political Engagement that Honors Jesus and Unifies the Body
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
Are we content with mediocrity and satisfied with the status quo? Do we ache to be more effective in our leadership efforts? . . .
Church & MinistryThe State of Elder Teams in Independent Restoration Churches
An honest assessment of where we are as a movement when it comes to elders and their leadership. . . .
Restoration Movement HistoryGuardians of Truth
When I was a teen in the late 1960s, my church became a verbal battleground . . .
