EIL Books!
Click any book cover to order now!
NEW!
These books will help guide your daily Bible reading with insights into each passage you read.
Hope Enabler is the real-life story of one Christian parent’s struggle with a runaway child and the hope that God enabled her to have during the darkest moments of that struggle.
Machu & Jack
(Order them now on Amazon!)-
Tag Archives: Leadership
Transformed Interviews Shannon O'Dell About "Transforming Church in Rural America!"
In today’s episode, we want to explore effective ministry in rural areas. Matt would tell you that many of the truths in this episode apply equally to urban ministry as well. Shannon O’Dell has focused on vision, attitude, leadership and … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Missional, Transformed
Tagged Christian, church, faith, Leadership, ministry, rural, strategy, transforming church in rural america, Vision
1 Comment
Do You Have a Dream for Your Church?
Artwork Credit: facebook.com Within the heart of most of the leaders of your church is a dream they long to see God fulfill in their midst. In reality, those dreams can fall into one of three categories. 3 Types of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged christian leadership, christian ministry, church, church health, dream, dreaming, Leadership, ministry, ministry dream
Leave a comment
How Do You Develop Church Leadership Talent?
Artwork Credit: insights-poweroflove.blogspot.com Many churches today suffer from a leadership need – whether that is at the ministry level or at the board level. Often the question is, “How do you develop church leadership talent.” I like to develop church … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged Christian, church leaders, church leadership training, discipleship, E-letter, Leadership, mentoring, missional, outreach, servanthood, small group, teamwork, training
3 Comments
Esther: The Deliverance of Israel in Captivity (2)
Artwork Credit: businessplantemplateblog.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Reading, Just Read It!
Tagged Bible study, Esther, Haman, Leadership, Mordecai, Old Testament, Purim
Leave a comment
Nehemiah – Nehemiah's Spiritual Career (8-13)
Artwork Credit: diannemalone.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Nehemiah – Nehemiah's Political Career (1-7)
Artwork Credit: dayofchange.org Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!
Tagged Bible, Bible study, Burden, Christian, God's will, heart, Leadership, Nehemiah, Old Testament
Leave a comment
How Do You Get College Students Involved in the Church’s Mission and Ministry?
Recently I was asked, “What ways have you seen that are successful for folding college students or recently graduated college students into a larger fellowship?” Essentially, this person wanted to know, “How do you get college age students involved in … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged care, college, college age, Drew Dyck, facebook, Generation Ex-christian, larry osborne, Leadership, media, ministry, mission, sticky teams, twitter
Leave a comment
2 Chronicles – The Temple Is Destroyed By the Wickedness of the Kings of Judah (10-36)
Artwork Credit: marcohara.blogspot.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!
Tagged 2 Chronicles, Bible, Bible study, idolatry, Judah, Kings of Judah, Leadership, Old Testament, OT, rebellion
Leave a comment
Small Groups Build the “One Another” Dimension of Our Faith!
Artwork Credit: currie-baptist.org.uk Often church leaders ask me, “How can we help our people care for one another more? I like to refer them to Acts 2 and ask them if they have a dynamic small group ministry. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Small Groups
Tagged Acts 2, Christian, discipleship, Leadership, leadership development, one another, one anothers, small groups
Leave a comment
An Action Plan For Establishing A Small Group Ministry
Artwork Credit: ragamuffinsoul.com Many churches ask me, “How do we grow our people into deeper faith?” As the Gospels and the book of Acts demonstrate, the best way to grow your faith is to live it in community! Jesus chose … Continue reading
