Articles for tag: Group Ministry

December 31, 2019

Church & Ministry Leadership Development

How to Establish an Effective, Objective Church-Ministry Evaluation

By Bart Rendel Church leaders need a solid, scriptural, and effective system for discussing and evaluating issues and moving forward as a team. As I have helped church leaders around the country increase their kingdom impact over the last 15 years, I’ve often heard of meetings that descended into scrums and battles over opinions, with arguments based upon anecdotal evidence, and random comments tossed around based on limited perspectives or past successes. To help churches stay on course, leaders should align behind a set of gospel-centered standards. Our hope at Intentional Churches is to establish these standards in every church

December 9, 2007

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Small Groups

Discussing and Discovering Community (Parkview Christian Church, Orland Park, IL)

A book review by Jon Zabrocki I”ve heard it said the motivation to do something in life can be traced to one of two things: either the desire to avoid pain or the desire for personal gain. For example, we pay our taxes, not because we enjoy doing it, but because the thought of the IRS agent camping out in our living room brings a certain amount of discomfort. But these competing motivations are not equally balanced in most areas of our lives; more often the avoidance of pain outweighs the desire for gain. Paying bills will always get done

December 2, 2007

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Ministry Training & Education

How Hope International University Is Training Second-Career Ministers

By John Derry Hope International University (www.hiu.edu) Among the many challenges faced by growing and active churches is, “How do we find enough qualified servant-leaders to meet the needs of our congregation?” Demands on the pastoral staff make it difficult to devote the kind of time required to prepare comprehensive training sessions that address critical issues. At the same time, emerging leaders with outstanding potential are assuming more responsibility and desire to refine their ministry skills. They recognize the importance of doing their jobs well, are eager to put new ideas into practice, and want to be sure they have

July 3, 2007

Christian Standard

Ministries & Nonprofits Organizations & Events

Interview with Matthew Lockhart

By Brad Dupray Matthew Lockhart joined the Standard Publishing family as director of product development last September. In his 15-year career in Christian publishing Matt has worked in product development at Serendipity House, spending the bulk of his time there in the role of chief operating officer, and more recently at Group Publishing as senior editor of adult and pastor/leader church resources and project developer. Matt and his wife, Kim, moved from Loveland, Colorado, to Cincinnati with their two children Logan (7) and Megan (5). What sets Standard Publishing apart from other Christian publishers? One of the things I appreciate