Category: Leadership
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the 5 dysfunctions of a team
Of all organizations on the planet why does it seem that Churches, more often than not, tend to get lumped in with the most dysfunctional? Could it be that it’s due to the fact that dysfunctional teams typically lead Churches? I’m not saying that Churches aren’t led by well-meaning, well-intentioned, high integrity, even godly people.…
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fighting the sin of becoming a boring church part-1
Jim Rayburn, the founder of Young Life, was once quoted as saying, “It’s a sin to bore a kid with the Gospel.” If this is true, then there are churches all across America that are repeatedly sinning every single weekend by communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the most stale, vanilla, outdated, and yes…
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4 keys to building your brand
It’s a company’s brand that uniquely identifies them within their particular industry. Occasionally however a company comes along every so often with a brand that is so strong, it not only identifies itself within the industry but, it literally defines the industry. In Atlanta, where I live, when you order a soft drink at a…
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Unconfined: An interview with Chris Coleman
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Christopher Coleman, a friend of mine who was pronounced dead at birth and who spent the first 15 minutes in this world not breathing. God had other plans for him however, and while he struggles with cerebral palsy, Chris serves in full time ministry and is…
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a biblical commitment demands cultural relevance
Much has been said and written in recent years, offering up all kinds of criticism of modern day Churches for trading off adherence to the Gospel of Jesus Christ for contemporary methods of communicating it. Interestingly enough the overwhelming majority of this criticism comes by way of other Churches. Typically it comes from Churches that…