Leader-Directed Vision Casting Part of the ministry resources on Strategies for Church Leadership and Renewal. Introduction, What is a Visionary? First Reads on Vision Leadership Business-Related Resources on Vision Leadership Other Popular Resources on Vision Leadership Related Ministry Resources Introduction – What is a Visionary? Leader-Directed Vision Casting is a “top-down” approach to church leadership
MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES What is Missional? The missional movement is a robust conversation spawning scores of books and dominating the blogosphere among church leaders in the last couple of decades. For those engaged in the conversation, “missional” is a pregnant term. Yet since it views Christian leadership and Christian ministry so differently from conventional understandings,
STRATEGIES for Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal – Overview Part of the LifeandLeadership.com ministry resources on Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal. Introduction Conventional or Missional, Philosophies of Church Leadership The Approaches to Church Leadership and Renewal Related Ministry Resources Introduction All church leaders recognize the need for periodic renewal. The question is which
Temporary link for the York/Harding Lecture handout – York, Energize Workshop, Small Churches 2024 LEADING THE SMALL CHURCH Part of the ministry resources on Church Leadership and Renewal Small churches are unique, presenting special challenges to leaders. Since the vast majority of churches are small, good materials are needed to affirm the strengths and embrace
CHURCH SIZE DYNAMICS, SIZE TRANSITIONS Part of the ministry resources on Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal. Introduction Typologies for Church Size Resources: First Reads on Church Size Transitions Generally First Reads on Church Size Transitions for the Small Church Other Ministry Resources on Church Size Transitions Generally Focus on Large Congregations Transitioning Downward, Navigating
Research on Effective Churches Part of the Ministry Resource Guide on Church Leadership, Renewal, and Development. Introduction Ministry Resources on Effective Churches, Evangelical Ministry Resources on Effective Churches, Protestant Related Ministry Resources Introduction Many materials on church leadership and renewal are based on the experience of one church. The assumption is that what worked in
CHURCH IDENTITY, CONGREGATIONAL CULTURE Part of the ministry resources on Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal. See also the resources on Leadership and Organizational Culture. Introduction Resources Related Ministry Resources Introduction Just as ecclesiology helps us understand the church from a theological angle, church identity or congregational culture looks through sociological and organizational perspectives. One
Church Dynamics and Characteristics, Congregational Research Part of the ministry resources on Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal. Introduction Theological and Philosophical Foundations for Church Renewal Preparation for Planning Understanding Church Characteristics, Church Dynamics Congregational Research Congregational Culture, Church Identity (separate page) Related Ministry Resources Introduction Intentional church development and renewal is hard work, for
Missionally Responsive Philosophies of Church Leadership Part of the following Ministry Resource Guides: Missional Resources and Church Leadership, Philosophical Foundations. It is part of the site archive, and discusses perspectives that were important to the first edition of the site. When the first edition of the site was published in 2012, this guide, Missionally Responsive
EMERGENT CHURCH PHILOSOPHY Part of the following Ministry Resource Guides: Missional Resources and Church Leadership, Philosophical Foundations. It discusses perspectives that were important to the first edition of the site, and is now part of the site archive. When the first edition of the site was published in 2012, Emergent and Evaluating-Emergent were two of
