Community Creating Community by Andy Stanley and Bill Willits The Connecting Church by Randy Frazee, Larry Crabb, George Gallup, and Dallas Willard Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts by Thom S. Rainer and Sam S. Rainer Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church by Nelson Searcy & Jennifer Henson Generation We by Eric Greenberg with Karl Weber (Editor’s Note: This book is not written from a Christian perspective.) The Gospel According to Starbucks by Leonard Sweet In Real … [Read more...]
Wealth: The Real American Idol
When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. Matthew 19:22, NIV It's said an economic recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose yours. If that's the case, a lot of us are depressed these days. Some of us can't pay our rent or mortgage; others are wondering where the next meal is coming from. People once set on retiring are frowning at dried-up investments, while students are finding it harder to pay for college, and 20-somethings, harder to repay loans. I … [Read more...]
Reaching Young Adults Through Worship: Part 2
This episode of the Leader Tips podcast follows last week’s discussion with Tim Miller about having separate worship services for young adults. This week, we’re joined by Ben Shoun of Arrowhead Church to talk about how to reach young adults without a separate worship service. … [Read more...]
Responding to Trials
Reaching Young Adults Through Worship: Part 1
This episode of the Leader Tips podcast welcomes special guest Tim Miller of Sevier Heights Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, to discuss the idea of having separate worship services for young adults, and how they may be used effectively to reach this generation. Come back next week for a look at how to reach young adults without a separate worship service. … [Read more...]
An Unshakable Idea
Editor's Note: This excerpt is the introduction from Blemished: How the Message of Malachi Confronts Empty Religion, the next short-term study from Threads. Have you ever had an idea that you just couldn't shake? You know the kind, right? Unshakable ideas are far from normal, everyday thoughts. Instead, these are the ideas that keep you awake at night. They're the ones that make your heart beat quickly. These are the ideas that drive you out of your present-day mindset and delve you into a world of vision and discovery. They excite … [Read more...]
Trials
The Scent of Life or Death
How Do You Sharpen Your Leadership Skills?
How do you sharpen your leadership skills? For a decade of my life, I served on an ‘iron sharpens iron’ collegiate ministry team in Louisiana. Although I may have occasionally griped about the trip to our state’s convention for staff meeting, I knew that I would drive back to Ruston with something new. It was often a new idea for ministry, a book suggestion, a reminder of something forgotten in the busyness of the semester. I was sharpened by being with my peers. You may experience this locally, in your state, in person, or through … [Read more...]
Difference Maker?
Do you ever wonder if you are making a difference? I know I do. Whether you are in school, working a full time job, a stay at home mom, or a top executive we all have it within us to somehow make the world a better place. I have the joy of working within a Christian organization that takes the message of Christ to the world through resources and events and yet I even sometimes wonder what kind of impact I am having in the world. I recently received an email from an old high school friend. A portion of it read, "I also wanted … [Read more...]
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