Site Map: Church Leadership Training & Resources
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Church Leaders: Break Through
Church Leadership Basics
- Overview of Church Leadership Basics
- Church Purpose Overview
- Pursuit of God's purpose for the church: Are you actively and regularly pursuing it?
- Pursuit of God's purpose for the church: What's wrong with not thinking about or pursuing it?
- Pursuit of God's purpose for the church: Isn't a sporadic pursuit better than no attempt at it?
- Reasons for not being more purposeful: Time Constraints
- Reasons for not being more purposeful: Seems Like Too Much Effort (Laziness)
- Reasons for not being more purposeful: Others Resist & Won't Come Along
- Reasons for not being more purposeful: Doesn't Fit My Personality or Style
- Source for determining the church's purpose: Why it must be based on God's Word?
- Source for determining the church's purpose: Is prayer enough?
- Source for determining the church's purpose: What's wrong with using one's instinct or gut feelings?
- Source for determining the church's purpose: What's the role of denominational doctrine or bylaws?
- Written Purpose Statement: Is it Used? Why have one? Why aren't intentions good enough?
- Body Life Overview
- Interdependence: Trying to do too much yourself?
- Interdependence: Finding it hard to trust others?
- Interdependence: Trusting others too much?
- Unity Out of Diversity: Feel threatened?
- Unity Out of Diversity: Get defensive?
- Dignity of All: Feel superior as a leader?
- Dignity of All: Selective in who you include?
- Dignity of All: Not necessary to affirm others?
- Great Commission Overview
- Authority & the Great Commission: HE is "The Authority"
- Authority & the Great Commission: All Authority is His
- Disciplemaking: Whose Responsibility is It?
- Disciplemaking: What Kind of Priority Should It Have?
- Keeping the Focus on the Lord: Not Programs
- Keeping the Focus on the Lord: Not Leadership
- God's Presence: You're Not Alone
- God's Presence: His Adequacy Becomes Your Adequacy
- God's Heart for Christ-like Character in the Church Overview
- Christ-likeness: Struggling to maintain the integrity of Christ?
- Christ-likeness: Struggling to maintain the balance seen in Christ?
- Christ-likeness: Struggling to maintain the focus of Christ?
- Christ-likeness: Holiness, Not Legalism
- Christ-likeness: Holiness, Not By Hands-Off Approach
- Importance of Truth to Christ-likeness
- Alignment with the Truth Required for Christ-likeness
- God's Power for the Church Overview
Church Leadership Qualities
Church Leadership Skills
- Overview of Church Leadership Skills
- Assessment
- Communication
- Conflict Management
- Coordination
- Delegation
- Goal-Setting & Vision Casting
- Listening
- Organization
- Staffing
- Strategic Planning
- Team Building
Train Church Leaders Practicum
The Practicium takes a practical look at leader tasks and skills by running them through the grid of the above leadership basics.
- Practicum for Church Leaders Overview
- Assessments
- Budgeting
- Change Management
- Church Discipline
- Church Growth & Health
- Committees, Boards, Ministry Teams
- Communication
- Conflict Management
- Coordination
- Decision-Making
- Delegation
- Facilities - Church Buildings
- Goal-Setting & Vision Casting
- Job Descriptions
- Listening Skills
- Ministry Resources
- Organization
- Policy Making
- Records Keeping & Reporting
- Safety Issues in the Church
- Scheduling
- Staff Evaluations
- Staffing
- Strategic Planning
- Team Building
- Time Management