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Number 100! Meet Ordained Pastor Brandon Schipper
The Alliance recently celebrated its 100th pastor being ordained through Pathways. That’s noteworthy, as the Alliance’s innovative ordination process got launched just a
Programs vs Values
Are you aware of and using your spiritual gifts like we are commanded to do in 1 Corinthians 12.1? Have you taken a gifts test or two… or more?
Navigating Church Communications
For many pastors in small churches, one word often describes their experience with church communications: overwhelming. The landscape is filled with countless options, each claiming...
Welcome to Change – The New Normal
One thing hasn’t changed and never will….we know who brings us tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. We know who created our world and everything in it.
The Leadership Gift and Equipping Gifts
As you think about this vital distinction between (a) the spiritual gift of leadership and (b) those who have a leadership effect through an equipping gift, here are a few more important considerations:
Leading Successfully without the Gift of Leadership
There are many in leadership positions who do not have the spiritual gift of leadership? Are they in the wrong role? Have we understood the nature of biblical leadership?
Pathways: Empowering “Unusual” Pastors
When it comes to ordination, do people go into ministry roles at predictable times in their lives? Not according to the Bible.
Beware of Reductionism
Article 12 of the Belgic Confession (AD 1561) highlights from Scripture the…
5 Invitations in the Moment
Based on the surveys from our first conference together, the overwhelming…
MISSIONAL VISION: CHURCH LEADERS AS MISSION EQUIPPERS
When the Reformation kicked off, one of the elements of reforming the Church…
God's Children Are Not for Sale...why we should encourage everyone to see The Sound of Freedom
This prophetic pronouncement by Jim Caviezel playing Tim Ballard in this true…
“Watching Church” Is A Spiritual Oxymoron
It's been said that golf doesn't only produce character; it "reveals" it. The same…
Leadership Responsibilities - "Watchmen on the Wall"
Ezekiel 33:1-9 may not be a well-known passage, but in the times in which we…
WHAT CAN WE DO?
I vividly remember one of my first Consistory meetings. I was about 26 years old…
How to THRIVE as a Disciple-Making Leader
The journey from Survive to Thrive as a Disciple-making leader is a narrow road…
A Dose of Encouragement
Encouragement can mean so much more than simply supporting one another.
Do You Need Some Abiding Time?
Abiding in Jesus doesn’t always mean having some incredible mountain…
Ready. Set. Wait???
I don’t like airline travel. It isn’t because I’m afraid of flying, it’s because I’m annoyed by waiting.
Is There More to Supporting Student Mission Trips than Writing a Check?
On some level, it’s an easy task: write a check and a young person has an…
What We Learned Along the Way
As my home church decided to join the Alliance, here are some things we…