Articles for tag: Leadership Challenges

January 1, 2016

By Eddie Lowen Before you decide you want your church to grow, let me tell you the price you will pay. After taking the staff and elders of a former church to a leadership simulcast in the late 1990s, I learned that I still had a lot to learn. For several years, Rick Warren”s book The Purpose Driven Church had been making a huge impact on churches applying its principles. The simulcast was a way for our leaders to catch this kind of vision. Our church was already growing in size and health, but I knew there was another level

February 27, 2015

Michael C. Mack

Church Leadership

The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Christian Leaders

By Michael C. Mack On a recent Facebook discussion of Christian leaders, T. J. Lawson, senior pastor at West Side Christian Church in Wichita, Kansas, asked, “What do you think are the biggest challenges facing Christian leaders?” Here are the three most popular responses: 1. Self. This one was phrased a number of ways: “Christians,” “themselves,” the idea that “if it”s to be it”s up to me,” and “pride.” Leaders and other church members often put themselves and their desires (a form of consumerism) above God and his purposes. This is more than just a challenge; it”s idolatry. 2. Apathy

July 15, 2014

Mark A. Taylor

Church & Ministry Church Leadership

A Conversation with Cal Jernigan

Cal Jernigan calls himself “a success story of the Christian church.” See why, and hear the pastor of Central Christian Church, Mesa, Arizona, explain why he believes church leadership is a lot harder than it looks. Enjoy his interview with CHRISTIAN STANDARD Editor Mark Taylor here.

February 7, 2010

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Preaching

Memoirs of a Young Preacher

By Dale Tinsley I am quietly staring at a computer screen at 3 in the morning. Almost five years have passed since my first encounter with the church I am writing about. These past few years have deeply matured my understanding of God, ministry, and life, and reflecting on this time has led me to new convictions. As I open my heart and tell this story, my hope and prayer is that you hear a calling to live and act according to Christ, and that you might gain insight into how the church should look. VITAL, BUT OVERLOOKED I never