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5 Reasons Why Every Church Needs a Staff-Board Conflict Resolution Strategy

1 Comment / change managemenet, communication, Pastors / By Charles Stone

The board meetings have begun to sour. Increasingly the pastor and his board have heated conversations about the church’s direction. The conflict has bled into every meeting for months. Emotions are running high. Conflict reaches a flash point. There is no written plan on how to deal with it. What happens? The board either sends the […]

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3 Ways to Defeat Leadership Discouragement

1 Comment / change managemenet, Leadership, Life Balance, Pastors / By Charles Stone

Discouragement comes with the territory for ministry leaders. Unmet goals, putting out fires, staff issues, displeasing people, and general tiredness all contribute to discouragement. When it weighs us down, how can we dig out? The life of the prophet Elijah gives us hope. I Kings 18-19 tells the story of his amazing confrontation with the prophets

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Can Something this Simple Supercharge Staff Morale?

2 Comments / Church Staff, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors, planning / By Charles Stone

Some time back I did something with our staff that was a huge hit. It’s simple. Any staff can do it, whether in a church or a business application. And it boosts staff morale and excitement when we do it. I encourage you to try it with your staff. It’s called a “Blue Sky Thinking” morning. In this post

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4 Weapons of Mass Distraction in a Leader’s Life

2 Comments / Leadership, Life Balance, mindfulness, Ministry, Pastors, spiritual disciplines / By Charles Stone

In Os Guiness’ excellent book, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion, he used the phrase, ‘weapons of mass distraction,’ to describe how people today distract themselves to avoid facing their inconsistent and broken beliefs about God and eternal matters. He writes that while distraction may feel good in the short-term (we avoid the discomfort of inconsistent belief and

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6 Soul Care Essentials for Pastors

3 Comments / Life Balance, Ministry, Pastors, spiritual disciplines / By Charles Stone

Some time back I attended a two-day retreat with Keith Meyer sponsored by the Cornerstone Pastor’s Network. Keith is a pastor and author of several books on soul care including one honored in 2010 as one of the five best books for the leader’s inner life, Whole Like Transformation: Becoming the Change Your Church Needs. Keith challenged

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5 Reasons Why Every Church Needs a Staff-Board Conflict Resolution Strategy

3 Ways to Defeat Leadership Discouragement

Can Something this Simple Supercharge Staff Morale?

4 Weapons of Mass Distraction in a Leader’s Life

6 Soul Care Essentials for Pastors

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