Posts Tagged ‘time’
Momentum: The Force
MOMENTUM: The force that allows something to continue or to grow stronger or faster as time passes For Christian leaders, these are times of both unique challenge and powerful opportunity. But in the midst of the challenges, God is moving hearts. The gospel is bearing fruit. Physical needs are being met. Lives are being changed.…
Read MoreReturn on Time By Rick Dunham
Have you ever evaluated your return on time? By Rick Dunham ~ I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the obsession many organizations and leaders have with ROI, as I think there is another measurement that is actually more important. This is not to dismiss the importance of ROI in any way, but rather to…
Read MoreEvery Matter
How do we ever fully comprehend a creator who has perfectly appointed a time for every matter under heaven? As this new year begins, let’s greet it with an eager expectation and confidence. Praise to the God who completes what he starts, makes all things possible, and remains faithful in every matter under heaven! For…
Read MoreThe Scope of a Steward Leader by Sara Nagelvoort Marlin
By Sara Nagelvoort Marlin Last year I joined a Christian ministry for the first time in my career, having spent more than twenty years in corporate marketing environments. Among my early observations was what seemed to be the “de rigueur” concept in Christian ministry: steward leadership. Everyone was talking about it. Makes sense, I thought,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Christine Caine
Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA ) president and CEO Tami Heim recently interviewed Christine Caine, director of Equip and Empower Ministries. A member of the leadership team for Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, Christine and her husband Nick are also the founders of The A21 Campaign, an anti-human trafficking organization with the ambition of abolishing slavery…
Read MoreCNLA: Equipping Nonprofit Leaders
Christian Nonprofit Leadership Academy 2015 Christian Leadership Alliance presents the Christian Nonprofit Leadership Academy (CNLA) as one of the many leadership training experiences offered at The Outcomes Conference: CLA Dallas 2015. CNLA is an extensive academic experience for equipping nonprofit leaders. This year, CLA offers 8 class options that last 12.5-hours each over a 2-day…
Read MoreOn This Eternity Depends
God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends. – Jeremy Taylor At the Outcomes Conference, CLA Dallas 2015, Christian Leadership Alliance brings leaders a focus on “time.” God has called you into leadership for such a time as this. The goal of this national leadership…
Read MoreIn A Time Such As This by Steve Douglass
By Steve Douglass I became involved full-time in Christian work in 1969. In the next several years I learned what God was doing not just through our ministry but others as well. It was good then, but it was much less than what God is doing today. Consider some amazing facts: The church in China…
Read MoreLessons for Leaders: Generosity
By Wayne Pederson I’m trying to be a more generous person. It’s a challenge for me because we grew up dirt poor. We had to be extremely careful with how we spent our money. That mindset has carried over into adulthood and management. But generosity is one of our organization’s core values. We give things…
Read MoreMissing God’s Intent By R. Scott Rodin
What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless. A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own…
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