Why You Should Stop Using Your Personality Test As A Crutch – April 25, 2017 By michaelkelley Are you an otter or a golden retriever? Are you a “D” or an “I”? Are you an “ENTJ” or “INFP”? Are you a green or a red? The list could go on and on, for this is the vocabulary of the personality …
7 Common Mistakes Churches Make When They Have An Interim Pastor – April 20, 2017 By lwleadership by Thom S. Rainer “Interim” sounds like a pregnant pause anticipating something down the road. So when you put the adjective in front of “pastor” or “church,” it just feels like less than ideal. …
Practice What You Preach: Turning to Jesus In Exhaustion – April 14, 2017 By lwleadership by Adam Weber I became a pastor and started Embrace when I was twenty-four years old. It wasn’t my idea. I was available and God had a plan. We sent a couple of emails to see if anyone might be …
17 Things A Leader Can Do To Transform A Community – March 30, 2017 By lwleadership by Brian Dodd Franklin County, MS has a population of 7,000 people. There are only two stop lights in entire county which is halfway covered by national forest. There is little economic …
5 Reasons the 11:00 AM Worship Service Is Disappearing – March 16, 2017 By lwleadership by Thom S. Rainer I wish I knew the specific reason most churches offered an 11:00 AM service on Sunday for decades. The possible theories are many, but none have been substantiated with …
