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Lots of churches in the worlds I’m familiar with don’t have good succession plans for their current employed elders. There are a number of churches I’m familiar with where the paid pastors are nearing retirement and they haven’t been able to develop someone within the church to replace them. Many would not even be familiar… Continue reading Financing elders
Elders should have sabbaticals, and that means all Elders, whether they are paid by the church or not. To help you follow my reasoning, let me first establish two principles. The Principle of Parity First, we should aim for parity among elders. This flows from the conviction that churches are led by teams of elders.… Continue reading Sabbaticals and Elders
In my church world we can be a little allergic to writing things down. In my understanding this initially came from a reaction against a sort of formalism that was being clearly rejected. The necessity of relationship was emphasised instead. I think we’ve lost something that we should recover. There’s a trend, though not a… Continue reading Write Something Down
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven’s Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III, IV, V. Dear Adsum You are in my prayers; I know things have been… Continue reading 5 Instructions for Elders: Polycarp VI
Leadership is a useless concept and we should stop talking about it. Ok, so that was a confirmed clickbait opener. I don’t really think that. I’ve designed and run award-winning worldwide leadership programmes for a household brand. I don’t think that was pointless. I’ve run leadership development programmes for a church too. I don’t think… Continue reading Against Leadership
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