Mac Lake serves as the Development Pastor at Seacoast Church, a church with 13 campuses. He writes a blog focused on leadership development. Below is a good remind of topics we need to continually come back to as we develop the leaders around us. What are you trying to accomplish when doing leadership development at your church? You say, “build leaders of course!” While that’s true, I believe it’s time for us to reconsider and expand the focus of our leadership development efforts. Too often our training efforts are aimed solely at preparing someone to execute the mechanics of a volunteer ministry position. But what could happen if we trained people not simply for a position but to live a lifestyle of biblical leadership? What if the leadership development efforts of our churches equipped people to be better managers, supervisors, coaches, vice-presidents or business owners? Keep in mind, the people…
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Will Mancini has done a great job "translating" Seth Godin for church leaders. His blog post "How Passionate is Your Tribe?" is a great example. Here it is: Here are my three favorite Seth Godin quotes pertaining to tribal passion: "Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy. Can you imagine Steve Jobs showing up for the paycheck? It’s nice to get paid, its essential to believe." "Caring is the key emotion at the center of the tribe… Many organizations are unable to answer the question, “Who cares?" because in fact, no one really does. If you don’t care - really and deeply care - then you can’t possibly lead." "The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on mission. The thing is, that requires leadership." Because every leader in your church can be…
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Giving is an outward expression of what is going on inside of you. For Christ-followers who have been touched and redeemed by the grace of God, giving to others is simply an outflowing of that grace. It is a recognition that we who have freely received must freely give.
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As a church planter and fan of church planting, I wanted to pass this along. It's called 10-10-10 and it's about encouraging an explosion of church planting. Next fall on October 10, 2010, churches across the nation will unite to push and pray for new churches. Here's a bit from their FAQ's: What is the 10-10-10 Initiative? 10-10-10 is a unified, cross-denominational emphasis on church planting designed to accelerate the impact of existing networks, organizations, denominations and churches. This 4-6 week, sermon-based initiative seeks to catalyze hundreds of church planting ministries with thousands of existing churches to see millions of lives transformed by the love of Christ through healthy new churches. Why 10-10-10? October 10, 2010 is 10/10/10. August through October are a natural season for new churches to start and a natural season for existing churches to initiate Fall sermon series. The 10-10-10 Initiative leverages the intersection of these…
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Jim and I will be starting a new series this upcoming weekend called "Contagious Generosity." We'll be exploring the value of developing a generous lifestyle and a spirit of gratitude. The college I graduated from had a motto: "Teaching how to live and how to make a living." I remember it was plastered on a billboard just outside of the small town where the college was located. I may not have agreed with everything that my alma mater aspired to be, but I liked the motto. I still do. It reminds me that the most important thing in life is not what you do for a living but how you live. As it relates to generosity, true wealth comes not in what you keep for yourself but what you give to others. It's a radical way of thinking compared to the prevailing wind of our culture. It's also God's way…
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