The Leader Who Stands
Is your leadership at a standstill? Has the mission been lost in the myriad needs of ministry? Here’s an energy prescription for your leadership and for helping your church or ministry rediscover its mission – an Rx that will enable you to stand strong as a leader for a lifetime of healthy and effective ministry. It comes from someone not known for his leadership, but instead for his ability to help a good leader become...
What’s Changed? Young Ministers & Pastoral Coaching
I recently met with a colleague and our conversation covered the usuals: where we are now, what we are doing in ministry and how it’s all going. He was intrigued to hear that I am a full-time pastoral coach and that I focus on Millennial ministers. The idea was completely foreign to him. “We didn’t need coaching when I began in ministry. What’s changed?” he asked me. To rephrase my friend’s challenge-question, he was saying,...
Post-Modern Missions & Eternity
A plague of post-modernism is sucking the breath out of the Great Commission in our day. And so, it is sucking the life out of the church of Jesus Christ. What was once the sacred and inviolable command of Jesus to be obeyed at all costs is now subject to the the throne of personal feelings and is defined by individual interpretation – “how do I feel about it?” I have had pastors tell me...
Why Pastoral Coaching?
"Why Journey Pastoral Coaching?" Five years ago, the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God raised the alarm that the AG needed four thousand - 4000 - new ministers immediately. He stated that the AG pastorate was greying - the average age then was 58 years old - and young, trained and anointed ministers were needed immediately to step up into leadership. As a missionary and campus pastor who has worked with hundreds of churches,...
It’s Time to Put David in the Game: The Case for Millennial Leadership – Final Installment
Note: This is the final installment in our series on trusting leadership to Millennials. The reader is encourage to read the introductory post before reading what follows below. 7. David does not claim the victory. He gives the glory to God and honors those who formed him - I Samuel 17.45-47,57-58 David. Sling. One of the five smooth stones. One dead giant. Goliath. Philistine armies flee. Israel wins the battle. Men acclaim David for...
It’s Time to Put David In the Game – The Case for Millennial Leadership Part VII
This is Part 7 in this series on Millennial leaders. The reader is encouraged to read the introductory blog before reading what follows below. 6. David’s methods are not those of his elders – I Samuel 17.38-40 Goliath. Giant. Armor. Sword Spear. Saul. Not a giant, but big. Armor. Sword. Spear. David. Young man. "Armor? Sword? Spear? No, thank you. I'll take a sling and five smooth stones," he says. I served as a missionary...
It’s Time to Put David in the Game – The Case for Millennial Leadership Part VI
This is Part 6 in this series on Millennial leaders. The reader is encouraged to read the introductory blog before reading what follows below. 6. David sees the cause and calls others to the cause - I Samuel 17.29 Goliath. Armies of Philistine threaten. Armies of Israel in camp. Israel’s leaders in camp. Israel’s king in camp. Israel hopes only for calm, to sustain the status quo, however uncomfortable it may be. David arrives. David...
It’s Time to Put David in the Game – The Case for Millennial Leadership Part V
This is Part 5 in this series on Millennial leaders. The reader is encouraged to read the introductory blog before reading what follows below. 4. The people of God are looking for a champion. I Samuel 17.25 Armies advance against Israel. Israel’s leaders in battle array but not in battle. A champion advances from the enemy camp. No champion is found among the people of God. But still the people look. And they hope. Enter...
It’s Time to Put David in the Game – The Case for Millennial Leadership Part IV
This is Part 4 in the series. The reader is encouraged to read Part I before continuing. 3. The leaders of the people of God are not leading from the front, but from the back. I Samuel 17.24, 28 David and Goliath: Israel at war. Israel’s armies are cowed. Israel’s armies hide in camp. Israel’s leaders keep doing what they have always done. Israel hides and hopes for a miracle. Church: Church in spiritual...© [2015] — Journey Pastoral Coaching