Thrive in Five: Intellectual: September 25
By leaning into the strengths of our ecclesiology, we can thrive as a church as we prepare in the coming months for discussions that will define our identity.
Thrive in 5 Intellectual
Thrive In 5: Intellectual October 2024
Thriving organizations understand which seasons require centralized leadership and which seasons call for decentralized leadership.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual Five Layers of Ministry Success
The team agreed to filter every aspect of their lives through one key question in pursuit of their lofty goal, “Will it make the boat go faster?”
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – A Biblical Pattern for Problem Solving
As Pastoral leaders, we often encounter a myriad of problems that test our resilience, problem-solving skills, and ability to adapt.
Creating a “Blue Ocean” Local Church Strategy
The Blue Ocean strategy was first introduced in the 2004 book titled, “Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant” by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. The authors theorized that instead of focussing on competition...
5 Shifts for Missional Impact
As pastors and church leaders, we aspire to increase the impact of our ministries.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Following a “Good To Great” Organizational Path
We are fast approaching a “Transition Season” for several churches in our denomination.
Overcoming 5 Barriers to Listening
Have you noticed how many people want not just to be told they’ve been heard, but actually to feel listened to?
Intellectually Stimulating Podcasts
With the advent of the podcast has come vast new opportunities for individual learning and growth.
The Case for Wesleyan Higher Education
The Case for Wesleyan Higher Education On August 27th, 2021, The New York Times headline, The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist left many scratching their heads. Reporter, Emma Goldberg opened the story: The Puritan colonists who settled in New England in the...
Working “Smart” in Ministry
We have all heard the phrase, “work smarter, not harder,” so how does this principle apply to pastoral ministry?
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Re-Discovering A Pre-Modern Paradigm
As pastoral leaders in an age of upheaval, the guidance we seek from the Bible will elude us if we exclusively rely on modern or postmodern paradigms
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Balancing Preaching Series For 2021
The beginning of a New Year is an ideal time to establish a preaching plan.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Corralling Conspiracy Theories
“How can a pastor best lead during a time when we are awash in conspiracy theories that people often promote?”
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – When Experts Collide
The post-modern west has entered a very shaky phase when it comes to our consideration of experts.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Time for A Missional Reset
Time for A Missional Reset
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter
Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Thinking about Pastors and Poverty Alleviation
Thinking About Pastors and Poverty Alleviation
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Challenging My Ministry Mind
As a pastor, you know the importance of continuing to learn and grow in your leadership. Our world is changing fast, and we need to challenge our thinking and keep it sharp.
Thrive In 5: Intellectural – Leadership that is Christian
Leadership that is Christian
Thrive In 5: Intellectual Lifelong Learning
Here are five suggestions that can help you stay ahead of the curve and position yourself for longevity in ministry.
Thrive In 5: Intellectual
The Emotionally Healthy Leader As a pastor, you know that leadership is much more than knowing solid management techniques or creating and casting vision. First and foremost, you lead out of who you are. Who you are will manifest itself in how you lead others. The...
Thrive in 5: Use Your Brain the Way God Intended
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” –Galileo Maintaining intellectual health is often a neglected part of pastoral well-being. Yet, Jesus included loving...
Thrive in 5 – Intellectual- Informing Your Understanding of Culture
Pastors assist people to be faithful disciples of Jesus in the midst of a culture that is in need of redemption. But how can you as a pastor be best informed about the nature of that culture?
