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Does your Team have a Trust Deficit? These 10 Questions will Tell You

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Trust: the belief that someone is reliable, good, honest or effective (Merriam-Webster). Healthy ministry teams make trust building a priority. Patrick Lencioni, one of today’s best writers on leadership, believes that absence of trust is the biggest problem among dysfunctional teams (see his book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team). Stephen M. R. Covey wrote […]

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5 Telling Questions to Ask at Your Next Staff Meeting

2 Comments / change managemenet, Church Growth, Church Staff, Leadership, Pastors, planning / By Charles Stone

Some time ago I read Andy Stanley’s book Deep and Wide. It’s a must-read for every ministry leader. In one chapter he poses 5 questions that are deeply telling about a church’s direction and impact. At your next staff meeting, pose these five questions and give your staff the freedom to answer honestly. Better yet, email them

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Ask Yourself these 7 Simple Questions to Clarify your Personal Values

Leave a Comment / Leadership, Life Balance, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Every pastor needs what I call “true north” values, core convictions we refuse to compromise even when external pressures tempt us to do so. Such values are like the difference between a compass and a gyrocompass. A simple compass points to true north because it relies on magnetic north. Unless, that is, you bring a

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5 Ways to Deepen Your Integrity

6 Comments / Leadership, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Daniel and his three friends are some of my favorite bible characters. They modeled what it means to live a life of integrity. Several years ago James Patterson and Peter Kim authored the book, The Day America told the Truth. They conducted a survey by asking Americans what they would be willing to do for 10 million

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Familiarity Blindness in your Church: 7 Ways to Cure It

3 Comments / change managemenet, Church Staff, Leadership, Pastors, planning / By Charles Stone

Familiarity blindness is a malady that infects us all. It happens when we become so familiar with something that we no longer consciously see it. In fact, the brain does this all the time so it doesn’t have to work as hard. If you drive to church or work the same route each time, you

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Pastors

Does your Team have a Trust Deficit? These 10 Questions will Tell You

5 Telling Questions to Ask at Your Next Staff Meeting

Ask Yourself these 7 Simple Questions to Clarify your Personal Values

5 Ways to Deepen Your Integrity

Familiarity Blindness in your Church: 7 Ways to Cure It

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