Tag Archives: church leadership

Leadership: On Getting Volunteers

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Jay F Guin

My wife is perhaps the world’s foremost expert in getting church people to volunteer. She heads our cradle roll program — class for kids from old-enough-to-sit-up to two years. And she needs a lot of people to hold crying babies, … Continue reading →

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Bad Elders: Leadership Hubris

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Thom S. Rainer is a well-known author, consultant, and speaker on church growth and leadership. He recently posted an article in his blog about hubris among church leaders. “Hubris,” of course, means pride. It’s the Greek word for the kind … Continue reading →

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Replanting a Church: Leading Fearlessly

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. 7. Fearlessly Lead the Replanting Process (1 John 4:18). Prayerfully … Continue reading →

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Replanting a Church: Leadership

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Jay F Guin

We are working through an article by Scott Thomas on replanting an existing church, that is, renewing a church so that it grows and matures as a church plant does. 2. Church Leadership a. Identify the top three or four … Continue reading →

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Overseeing the Moderate Church: Part 3

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This brings us to teaching. Moderate churches generally have a very weak educational program, because the doctrines that divide the church are off limits. Either one side dominates the classes and the other side doesn’t listen, or else the tough … Continue reading →

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Overseeing the Moderate Church: Part 2

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Jay F Guin

In Part 1, we considered the difficulties of managing a moderate church, that is, a church that is divided between progressives and conservatives. While it’s not inevitable that such churches divide, they often do. The reason is almost always a … Continue reading →

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Overseeing the Moderate Church, Part 1

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Jay F Guin

[This series from way back in March 2007, when there were maybe, oh, 30 readers, keeps getting attention because a lot of churches wrestle with these problems. I thought it might be helpful to re-run it, and I couldn’t help … Continue reading →

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Firing and Hiring Ministers: The Search Committee

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Jay F Guin

I just received an email asking an important question I can’t recall having addressed before. I asked for and received permission to post an edited version of the question — Jay:  I’m a recent convert to your “One in Jesus” … Continue reading →

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How Not to Have to Fire Your Preacher: Keeping the Right Guy, Part 1

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Jay F Guin

If you made a good hire, then you should feel sufficiently invested in the man that you will do what it takes to keep him. Now, ask yourself, as traumatic as leaving is on a family, why would a preacher … Continue reading →

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