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Category Archives: Leadership Blog
Sweeter As the Years Go By?
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Executive Director of EaglesInLeadership.org Author of “Growing Missional Leaders” “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who … Continue reading
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Tagged crabby, discipleship, fellowship, grumpy, Leadership, maturity, ministry, mission, spiritual, spiritual maturtity, stewardship, worship
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The Spirit of CHRISTmas! – Part 3
As we check and recheck our Christmas gift list this year, many of us are admitting that we are giving less than last year due to the economy. While there are many things we would like to give to others, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged christian life, Colossians 1, Gift, gift giving, spiritual strength, wisdom
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The Spirit of CHRISTmas – Part 2
With only a few shopping days left – you are probably already exhausted from attending the parties, mailing the packages and wrapping presents. And if you are like me, when I get tired, I am easily grumpy. But there are … Continue reading
The Spirit of CHRISTmas – Part 1
All around us people are in such a hurry. I almost ran into 3 shoppers in the store yesterday when they simply walked in front of my cart as I was guiding it down the main aisle! So, how do … Continue reading
The Challenge of Unity (Part 3)
Ministry can be a tug of war … often local churches struggle with different factions pulling against one another for the leadership of the agenda of their church. Sometimes it looks like this … 1) First, there is the pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged agendas, church, conflict, ministry, Unity
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What God is Doing in Multi-Ethnic Churches Can Be Found in Outreach’s 2010 Top 100 Largest & Fastest Growing Churches In America
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Ph D “We want to know how God is at work in His church and celebrate what He is doing. All of our churches long for the same thing: to give the Gospel to those … Continue reading
The Challenge of Unity (Part 2)
Ministry can be a tug of war! In our last blog, we talked about the harm such pulling in multiple direction can have upon the local ministry. Our summary was: nothing valuable happens! There is a lot of energy being … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Ephesians 4, equip, equipping, growing up, immaturity, ministry, pastor, pastors, Unity
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The Challenge of Unity (Part 1)
Ministry can be a tug of war! Consider the forces that pull against unity within a local church each and every week: 1) First, there is the pastor pulling in the direction that he believes God is calling them to; … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged bearinging with one another, ministry, selfishness, tug of war, Unity
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Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 2)
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 In part 1 we discussed the rise and decline of the urban church. We ended our Somewhere between the birth and the death of the local church selfishness took center stage, replacing self-sacrifice. … Continue reading
Help! Our Community Is Changing! (Part 1)
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith (c) 1999 With tears in my eyes, I realized God had accomplished what He had set out to do among us. Our church now looked like our urban community, over 90% Hispanic. We had intentionally … Continue reading
