Articles for tag: Mike Yaconelli

July 12, 2014

By Gayla Congdon (From our series “The Best or Worst Advice I’ve Ever Received.”) Some of our best advice came from the late, great Mike Yaconelli (Scott and I received this advice from him when he was a member of the Amor Ministries board): “Focus on quality and quantity will come.”Â Mike”s advice was based on his belief we were measuring our effectiveness based on the number of participants coming on trips. We took his advice and shifted our mind-set to creating a quality mission trip that was relationship-based versus numbers-based. The result was that growth came in significant numbers.Â

May 9, 2010

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Youth & Children's Ministry

Generation to Generation: An Interview with Wayne Rice

By Joni Sullivan Baker “I think if you are working with teenagers, you have the most important job in the church.”””Wayne Rice, in a phone interview, March 2010 In the late 1960s, churches didn”t have youth ministers. The Christian Endeavor meetings for youth that some folks remember were pretty staid affairs, possibly highlighted by a rousing rendition of “Deep and Wide,” or some other camp chorus. Meanwhile, a youth culture was starting to emerge in a changing society experiencing the generation gap. Outside the church, organizations like Youth for Christ experimented with new ways of reaching teens through large events

February 15, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Leadership Development

Great Leaders Are Broken

By Glen Elliott In January 2007, I became lead pastor at Pantano Christian Church in Tucson, Arizona. It was the culmination of a carefully planned three-year transition. Tim Coop, who had been senior pastor for about 15 years, was ready to pass the proverbial baton (see the CHRISTIAN STANDARD article “A Unique Transition,” January 27, 2008). In preparation for the transition, my wife and I attended a rigorous leadership assessment and development event. It was an intense three days, preceded by 40 hours of preparation work that was just as intense. We filled out self-assessments, completed life and ministry history