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Growing leaders from within your organization. Building a team is hard work. No matter how well a person interviews, you never really know whom you have until you’ve hired them. Usually within eighteen months or so, you begin to realize the kind of person you’ve hired. Over the years, I’ve added some incredible leaders to…

When it comes to religion or spirituality in general, and Christianity in particular, many people have questions. Modern technology has made it easier to access information. The days are gone when God’s existence or the reliability of the Bible could be accepted at face value. In today’s world, claims of truth are often questioned, criticized,…

Have you ever heard someone in church ministry say, “It’s all about the weekend”? This statement often conveys the idea that the weekend worship service is the “end all” of what a church does. At the very least, it means that the weekend is where everything else begins within the ministry of a church. In…

“Jesus called them over and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be…

Every person has “defining moments” in his or her life. As groups, we can experience communal defining moments. A family, business, nation, or church can experience life-changing events or circumstances. A defining moment is one of those times in the life of an individual or group of people where a present set of circumstances significantly impacts the future direction…

I am more and more convinced that we need to check our steps if the process of disciple making that we use does not reproduce disciples that make more disciples.  This is exactly what the apostle Paul is communicating in 2 Timothy 2:2 NLT: “You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many…

If you want to understand your community, and what the needs are, spend a lot of time out there. Every place you go and every person you talk to outside the walls of your church can be a God ordained moment if you choose to be intentional and interruptible. I am blessed to say that…

“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.” John 15:12-14 (CSB) “I love you!” It was a bold statement. She said it before I did. And it…

Over many years, New Generations has been building a global workforce that is “all in” on the idea of movements being central to the next era of world missions.  Our conviction is that movements comprised of chain reactions of disciples making disciples and churches planting churches will be what God uses to bring about the…

The “Matthew Effect” (or “Matthew Principle”) is the economic and social principle that those who begin with an advantage will often gain a greater advantage, and those with little to no advantage will often lose what advantage they may have had. For instance, those with wealth generally have disposable income which they can invest and…

A few months ago, our church hosted a community outreach event which provides shoes and socks to children in our community. Our planned strategy for this event involved one volunteer team connecting with children for sizing and selecting new shoes, while another volunteer team connected with the parents while they waited for their kids. I…