A trend we’re seeing in our work at Vanderbloemen Search Group is that many churches are expanding their staff to include a Stewardship Pastor. I’d go even further and state that I believe churches are doing a disservice if theyRead more…
What Have We Done to This Word?
f you are like vast majority of believers, whenever you hear the word stewardship you immediately think money and giving. A quick word search on the internet will explain why. That is about the only way it is used withinRead more…
small church, BIG IMPACT
Your church size has huge implications. Church leaders often define their career worth in terms of people in the pews. It always seems to surface within the first two or three minutes of conversations among pastors. How’s attendance been recently? Read more…
Stop Medicating Your Church
A couple of years ago, one of our girls came home with a troubling look on her face. She was flushed and downcast. Her typically joyful seven-year-old attitude was gone. “Daddy, my throat started hurting at lunch time and it’s stillRead more…
Papers from the Stewardship Summit 2014
Purchase the excellent e-book of the 2014 Stewardship Summit for $20 through the given website. The Stewardship Summit is a gathering of thought leaders and practicioners concerned with steward leadership and steward cultivation. Authors in the e-book include: An IntroductionRead more…
GenerousChurch Facebook page
GenerousChurch has excellent resources and information on their Facebook page including videos, discussions, sermons, stories and offers. Visit the page and look around for resources that might help your church and ministry.
John Piper on David Yonggi Cho’s Embezzlement Scandal: How to Guard Your Heart from Temptation
In a recent interview about South Korean mega-church pastor David Yonggi Cho’s sentence for embezzlement, retired pastor John Piper plead with the shepherds of God’s people to guard themselves from the snare of riches. 78 year-old David Yonggi Cho was sentencedRead more…
A Ethiopian Response to ‘Big Vision Simple Ideas’
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…
Apostolic Instructions for Modern Church Leaders
Getting back to the original sources is an academic research principle I stress to my students over and over. Christian leadership has been refined and developed for 2000 years. We would be foolish to ignore all of that collective wisdom.Read more…
A powerful marketplace ministry testimony!
Struik Christian Books have very kindly put together an Adobe PDF document that contains the introduction and the first two chaptersof ‘Transform your work life: Turn your ordinary day into an extraordinary calling‘! The account of Graham Power’s conversion and discoveryRead more…