Free to lead
How can Christian leaders enjoy, and not just endure, a fruitful ministry?
The numbers didn’t add up. I was just 24 years old, we had been married only four years, had one child, one theology degree between us, and no desire to go into church leadership.
Yet one Tuesday night we found ourselves sitting in our lounge with our pastors, who told us they were leaving in five months and asked if my wife Helen and I would lead the 60 or so people in...
Since that life-changing day in 1998, it has been both our privilege and our pain to lead what is now Wellspring Church. It has been more blessing than burden, yet the last 21 years have been a...
Here are my thoughts on the challenges leaders you know are facing, and some keys that may liberate us all, for God’s glory.
The team challenge
Some of the most common challenges are found around the coffee or boardroom table. Call them elders, deacons, senior leadership team, trustees, or something else entirely, time with them can be...
