Posts Tagged ‘Stewardship’
Nonprofit Growth Through Faithful Stewardship By Andre South
Reject Ownership and Embrace Stewardship Changing your leadership and growth mindset includes rejecting ownership and embracing stewardship. But first, how do you define growth? Is it more revenue or employees? Would your business have grown if you had raised more money or increased headcount? Maybe. Actual growth isn’t just about increasing money or people. I…
Read MoreOur Mandate to Rule, Create, and Cultivate By Dr. Zenet Maramara
Our Calling and The Stewardship Mandate God’s first mandate to humanity, found in Genesis, is often called the creation or cultural mandate. This foundational calling entrusts humanity with the care of creation and establishes our stewardship mandate: “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule…
Read MoreDue Process By Dr. Brian S. Simmons
The Benefits of Due Process To give someone their due is to provide what justice demands. Simply put, it is to treat someone fairly. Steward leaders love and serve God by living and serving others. “He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly,…
Read MoreMeasuring is a Missional Imperative By Dr. Rob McKenna
The Value of Measuring Trust I was presenting to a group of CEOs on the importance of building trust in our organizations and measuring the extent to which personal, team, and organizational trust is high. At the end of the session, I walked out into the parking lot, and one of the CEOs walked up…
Read MoreChurch-Centric to Kingdom-Centric By Reggie McNeal
Understanding the Move from Church-Centric to Kingdom-Centric A church-centric understanding of the church’s mission has blinded us to God’s mission, which he has been pursuing since the Garden. A church-centric orientation assumes that God is primarily concerned with looking after the church and how it gets along, shrinkwrapping God’s mission down to church size. What…
Read MoreRisk Management By Alec Hill
Why Do We Define Risk So Narrowly? The situation was messy and risky. A supervisor was fired for bullying members of his team. The VP overseeing the dismissal wanted to disclose his reasons for select audiences, including some staff and local churches. But, fearing a defamation lawsuit, our in-house lawyer was dead set against doing…
Read MoreThe Impact of Generous Leadership By Elaine Welcome
Generous Leadership and Its Impact on Nonprofit Mission The virtue of generosity and its significance is highlighted in both personal and organizational contexts. In nonprofit work, generosity and generous leadership are foundational principles that fuel the mission and operations of organizations dedicated to serving others. Nonprofit organizations thrive on the generosity of donors, volunteers, and…
Read MoreTwo Questions for Every Leader By R. Scott Rodin
The Questions and the Answers that Define Your Life In the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Prince Zuko‘s uncle confronts him at a pivotal moment in the movie. His questions to the young prince are penetrating: “I’m begging you, Prince Zuko. It’s time for you to look inward and begin asking yourself the big…
Read MoreSpringtime, You, and Outcomes Academy Online!
Transformational Learning is Happening at the Spring Outcomes Academy Online Spring is here, and it is time for you to enter a transformational learning experience. By enrolling in the Outcomes Academy Online Spring term, you will engage in a 10-week online cohort to educate, challenge, and expand your leadership capacity. If you are enrolled in…
Read MoreYour Church Building Project by Dr. Gary G. Hoag
Biblical Advice for Your Church Building Project Want biblical advice for your next church building project that works around the world? Read this post or share it with anyone you know looking to launch a church building project. I aim to show how common practices that may work don’t align with our Christian faith and…
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