For your church’s next lead-team hire, should you recruit from the marketplace or from a bible school? Changes in our culture, and in our churches, make this a question you need to wrestle with. Here’s why. An exciting trend appeared in the local church about 20 years ago. It was the trend to increasingly hire…
Why Leaders Need to See the World through “Young Eyes”
Originally posted May 1, 2012 There’s nothing quite like proven, reliable experience to help a leader navigate through the toughest of challenges. But at a recent gathering of the board of The Leadership Centre Willow Creek Canada, I was reminded of an important quality in leadership that is an essential companion to experience. It’s the…
How to Avoid the Copy-Cat Leadership Trap
Originally posted April 20, 2012 One of the best ways to develop in your leadership is to learn from other leaders. Growing leaders will read about other great leaders, will seek to discern their leadership traits, even emulate their leadership skills. But one of the worst things you can do is to short-circuit the process…
When God Presents a New Kingdom Assignment
Do you have a passion to see Christian leaders in Canada developed to their fullest potential? Do you have a vision that the local church in Canada would prevail as never before? If you are a dynamic Christian leader and these kinds of passions are stirring within you, perhaps a leadership role opening here at…
3 “Don’ts” When Dealing with Complainers
“Our small group curriculum is too much fluff!” “I can never find out what’s going on around the church!” “Why do we sing so many old hymns?!” If you’re a church leader, you’ve likely heard each of these complaints, or some variation on these themes. The point is,…
