Posts Tagged ‘Chrstian Leadership Alliance’
God’s Gift to Us
The Gift of God with Us During these days, we turn our thoughts and affections on God’s greatest gift to this world. We celebrate the gift of God with us. And we remember His birth and its place in God’s ultimate plan of redemption. John 1:11-14, KJV He was in the world, and the world…
Read MoreBreaking Down Persistence By Alec Hill
The Power of Persistence We can learn much from those who harnessed the power of persistence. I am reminded of an unlikely hero named Ed Drake. In 1859, Ed was an unemployed 38-year-old drifter. But he had a big idea. He wondered whether it would be possible to drill for oil with the same technology…
Read MoreCulture Shift and Changing Laws By Scott Blakeman
Changing Culture is Changing Laws and Policies. Are you ready? You’ve probably noticed that the culture around us is changing, and it’s changing fast. One of the major drivers of these changes is the embrace and outright celebration of a radical, unbiblical view of human sexuality. In the legal and governmental realms, sexual orientation…
Read MoreReset Your Rhythms By Gary G. Hoag
Seven Ways to Reset Your Rhythms in 2021 I want to invite you to join me in resetting your rhythms in 2021. Let me explain. God often gives diligent stewards bigger roles with greater responsibilities. Perhaps you can relate? And, I don’t know about you, but with COVID it seemed like everything multiplied exponentially.…
Read MoreThe VUCA Vortex By Ron Frey
Are You in the VUCA Vortex? The military defines VUCA as Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity – the environment of war. If the year of 2020 has you living in a VUCA Vortex, I have two encouraging thoughts for you: You can turn the VUCA experience into a positive force, and Don’t go it…
Read MoreUnexpected Encounters By Jon Lewis
Stewarding Unexpected Encounters One of the key lessons I’ve been teaching in my Steward Leader seminars for African audiences is the importance of stewarding encounters and relationships with other people. I usually start out by highlighting what typically goes wrong in relating to others. We either consider them as: means to our own ends, or…
Read MoreThe Blessing and Breaking By Andrea Leigh Capuyan
The Blessing and Breaking for Him, by Him, and through Him “Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it, broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is my body.’” Matthew 26:26 ESV Broken open. Exposed. The tearing of the crust. Soft and tender bread revealed. The promise of…
Read MoreWhat is Active Leadership? By Robert McFarland
How would you define “Active Leadership” ? “Active Leadership” is leadership that is fully engaged and intentional. Active Leaders think through the impact they want to have—and the thinking they need to cultivate to achieve it—and they deliberately use every opportunity they have to influence their followers to that end. They take their responsibility as…
Read MoreDevelopment and Finance Teamwork By Winters Richwine
Development and Finance Teams Working Together Planned gifts like charitable trusts, charitable gift annuities, donor advised funds, etc. can be key sources of funding for Christian nonprofit organizations. Because these types of gifts include ongoing interaction with donors, they can also be relationship builders for future gifts. However, planned gifts are often complex and involve…
Read MoreGenerous Paradigm-Shifting Discipleship By Patrick Johnson
How to Initiate Generous, Paradigm-Shifting Discipleship Our vision for generosity at GenerousChurch is to break the mold! To shake it up so that the people sitting in the seats of your church sense a spiritual tremor and ask, “What just happened?” We want to equip church leaders like you to unleash generous disciples. The Reality…
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