21st Century Strategies By Bill Easum Most church leaders have had no training or experience in transitioning a church from dying to thriving. Don’t let the unknowns deter you from innovating or taking risks. Remember that innovation is not about skills; it is about...
Center for Creative Leadership, Leading Effectively e-Newsletter Our brains are on overload. The everyday experience of too much information and too little time is not only distracting, unproductive and frustrating, it’s unhealthy. To combat unhealthy mental habits,...
First published in Faith & Leadership 2011 By Edie Gross The flow of information never stops for the Rev. Dr. Todd Adams, the associate general minister and vice president in the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He fields up to 150...
Alban, January 2015 By Jeffrey D. Jones It’s time to start asking new questions. Better answers to the same old questions about the church will not get us through the tumultuous times in which we live. This is a time for out-of-the box thinking. Old questions keep is...
By Israel Galindo Functioning at a high level of differentiation is the golden fleece for most congregational leaders who are students of Bowen Family Systems Theory. Especially in times of acute systemic anxiety and symptomatic reactivity, effective leaders will work...
