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Leadership

Whether it's learning how to build a dynamic church staff or empower a congregation, pastors and laypersons alike will benefit from expert advice and articles on leadership in today's church.

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Seven qualifications to look for in a church consultant
How can a church effectively choose a good church consultant? Dr. Aubrey Malphurs suggests seven credentials to look for when searching for someone who will guide your ministry and could change your church.

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BOOK REVIEW: 'Building to Glory: Creating Sacred Space in a Secular World'
What does your church building tell people about your congregation? A new book on church architecture guides church leaders through a discussion of form and function in order to think through building choices as ministry choices, too.

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Church missions that create lasting change
Watching hurricanes tear through communities in the southern United States and the Caribbean should stir Christians toward compassion and acting upon the immediate needs of others. Perhaps the people in your church are considering reaching out to help. But how do these emergency response mission projects work in the context of an entire church missions program? Can a short-term emergency relief trip really transform lives through the good news of Jesus? Here is a closer look at one successful missions model that brings community transformation.

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Seven steps toward meeting the challenge of the Great Commission
How can your church make disciples of Christ throughout the world? Dr. Chuck Lawless offers some perspective on the ever-growing need for global outreach and some simple starting points for any congregation to move toward world evangelization.

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Making sense of calling and ambition
Why are you in ministry? Was your calling definitive and specific, or did you gravitate to a career in ministry through giftedness and ambition? Maybe we'll never really know why we do what we do. But after four decades of ministry work, one pastor realized his calling and his ambition were two different things.

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19 Apr 2004	Iraq hostages covered in prayer by American churches
19 Apr 2004	Rifts over liberal theology, hierarchy force churches to break with Lutheran, Episcopal groups
15 Apr 2004	Preaching remains priority seminary journal reports
13 Apr 2004	Lutherans settle clergy abuse case
12 Apr 2004	Pastors use various methods to make Easter connection with largest audience of the year
06 Apr 2004	Christian leaders advocate for global poverty, AIDS funds from Washington
06 Apr 2004	All bets off: group breaks from Cold Spring, Ky. church
05 Apr 2004	Episcopal Church appoints first Hispanic rector
26 Mar 2004	African church leaders call for integrity
25 Mar 2004	Church chat on Web set for Holy Week
24 Mar 2004	Hendricks points to marks of effective church leaders
23 Mar 2004	Church wants to broaden lay ministry
23 Mar 2004	Forgive us our debts: Oregon church in bind over member loans
22 Mar 2004	Methodists acquit lesbian minister, begin to define church law
22 Mar 2004	Pastor takes prayer to the street
19 Mar 2004	Pastors reach out to 'post-Christian' generation
17 Mar 2004	Church loses building to fire, faith remains
16 Mar 2004	Presbyterian Church launches new recruiting effort for ministers
15 Mar 2004	Bank to foreclose on N. Kentucky church
23 Feb 2004	Russell, Rainer to answer questions at new church health series
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