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When Personalities Clash By Megan Pacheco
What is your response when personalities clash? It is always challenging when personalities clash. God’s Word is clear, all of us are “fearfully and wonderfully made” in His image. It’s also clear that we all have been entrusted with different skills and gifts, all for building up one another. Our differences go even a step further…
Read MoreMore on the Steward Follower By Dr. Kip Warton
The Steward Follower Owns the Vision Let me introduce you to the idea of being a ‘steward follower.’ A steward follower is an individual who understands and commits to the owner’s vision, mission, and objectives (MOVs). What is God’s vision for your work? Does His mission move you to go to work each day? Perhaps…
Read MoreA NEW Church Compensation Tool By Caitlin Edwards
Church Law & Tax to Launch New Church Compensation Tool For more than 10 years, Church Law & Tax has been creating the Compensation Handbook for Church Staff to help churches better understand fair pay for those serving in ministry. The book has helped countless churches plan compensation packages. But it’s become clear a physical book is…
Read MoreThe Urgency of Trust By Dee Ann Turner
The Urgency and Power of Trust In today’s uncertain climate, we see the level of trust people have in leaders of the business and political world declining rapidly. The Edelman Trust Barometer for 2018 says, “People’s trust in business, government, NGOs and media remained largely unchanged from 2017 — 20 of 28 markets surveyed now…
Read MoreOne Thing We Own By Andrea Leigh Capuyan
The One Thing We Own – Our Mistakes As steward leaders, there is ONE thing we must OWN – our mistakes. UGH! Y’all, I blew it. Here we are. The team is gathered for our monthly meeting. The room is abuzz. The conversation is rich. The meeting’s goal is to provide an opportunity to foster…
Read MoreGoal-Setting Tips for Leaders By Lee Ellis
Three Springtime Goal-Setting Tips for Leaders If you’re feeling some anxiety or struggle about achieving goals that you set earlier in the year, here’s my advice for relieving that pressure: fail fast and avoid the drama. Just avoid making goals altogether. Seriously, you say? The concept of stretch goals for personal and professional growth can…
Read More2018 Consul Award By W. Scott Brown
World Vision’s Rich Stearns – 2018 Alliance Consul On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Christian Leadership Alliance honored World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns as a Christian Leadership Alliance Consul. This is the Alliance’s highest honor, and it recognizes distinguished and exemplary service to the field of Christian nonprofit leadership. A CLA Consul, over a…
Read MoreMore Efficient Recruiting and Hiring By Heather Mausz
4 Steps to a More Efficient Recruiting and Hiring Process Recruiting and hiring new employees is a task every organization has to explore, but ministry-based nonprofits are unique in their needs. When organizations take the time to look beyond requisite skills and prior work experience, they begin to refine their search in ways that help…
Read MoreFour Groups of Givers By Dr. Gary G. Hoag
Are you a giver ready to grow? To help givers grow, I suggest they find themselves in the groups that mirror the four soils in Mark 4:1-20. Though only one exhibits the fruit of the Spirit of “generosity” (Galatians 5:22-23, NRSV), there’s hope for anyone willing to work their soil, receive the seed of the…
Read MoreChainsaw or Scalpel? By William A Horton
Chainsaw or Scalpel? Which is the best tool for you? We all know that a chainsaw is used to cut down trees. A scalpel is a tool that a doctor uses to perform surgery. You would never imagine giving a plastic surgeon a chainsaw or a lumberjack a scalpel. Yet, we have all used the…
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