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Tag Archives: ministry
What Are You Dreaming About? (4)
Artwork Credit: dreambigcollection.com This is the final post in our series, “What Are You Dreaming About?” Today I wrap up our series by focusing our attention on what we are trying to achieve in this life. I thought I would … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplishment, army, care giver, Christian, Gospel, ministry, selflessness, spiritually mature, wounded
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What Are You Dreaming About?
Artwork Credit: tohjoyo.wordpress.com As some of you know, I am looking for a full-time position in ministry. Whether that is a senior pastor position, or a staff position in the area of discipleship, leadership and / or missional outreach, God … Continue reading
Reaching the Lost All Around Us
How do we reach the lost all around us? Recently I was asked by a group of church leaders: “What are some ways you have helped to mobilize a church toward greater involvement in evangelism?” Here’s my answer to them, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged evangelism, Leadership, leadership development, ministry, witnessing
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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 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
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Tagged agendas, church, conflict, ministry, Unity
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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
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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
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Tagged bearinging with one another, ministry, selfishness, tug of war, Unity
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The Paralysis of Fear
(Names have been changed to protect privacy.) (c) 1999 Dr. Matthew Lee Smith Every eagle leader knows the fear that comes when someone says, “I need to speak with you,” in that certain tone of voice. “What did I do … Continue reading
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Tagged bullies, church growth, fear, Joshua, Leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral ministry
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Vision is All About Where You Look
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, PhD Faith is all about seeing what God has placed before you. Vision, in other words, is our faith employed through our attention to the details God has placed before us. But the question is, … Continue reading
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Tagged magnification, maintenance, maturity, membership, mentoring, ministry, mission, Vision
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Ministry is About Shepherding!
Mary Kay is purported to have said, “There is an invisible sign hanging around every person’s neck and it says, ‘Encourage Me!’” Over the years I have discovered that the people who speak encouragement into my life and seek me … Continue reading
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Tagged accept, affection, care, connection, contact, encourage, encouragement, friend, friends, Mary Kay, ministry, respond, shepherd, shepherding, transformation
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