ABOUT MARK HOWELL

I’m the Pastor of Communities at Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m also LifeWay’s Small Group Specialist. I’m the the founder of SmallGroupResources.net, offering consulting and coaching services that help churches across North America launch, build and sustain healthy small group ministries. In addition, I’m the guy behind MarkHowellLive.com, SmallGroupResources.net, StrategyCentral.org and @MarkCHowell.

Using a New Transformational Discipleship Tool in Your Church

by: Mark Howell

Discipleship, Duplication, Mark Howell, Transformational Discipleship

The Transformational Discipleship DVD provides a catalyst that will help teams focus and engage in a process that could bring change and foster a culture in which people genuinely grow in Christian faith.

Introducing Transformational Discipleship

by: Mark Howell

Discipleship, Mark Howell, Multiplication, Transformational Discipleship

Transformational Discipleship is resource that will absolutely open your eyes to new ways of thinking about how transformation happens and where to focus your design and effort.

Diagnosing Your Discipleship Strategy

by: Mark Howell

Discipleship, Mark Howell, Multiplication

How can we determine whether our discipleship strategy is working?

Budgeting for the Preferred Future

by: Mark Howell

Mark Howell, Vision, Vision Frame

Leaders allocate the finite resources to the critical growth path.

5 Practical Ways to Try Leadership the Very First Time

by: Mark Howell

Leadership Development, Leadership Engine, Mark Howell, Structure

Want to develop more leaders? Start making leader development a priority. Better yet…start measuring the number of groups that do what we’ve talked about here. You’ll begin to see development.

Design Your Ministry for Results

by: Mark Howell

Discipleship, Mark Howell, Multiplication, Structure

Is it possible your ministry isn’t designed to accomplish the goals and objectives you’d like to reach? If you want that to change, design your ministry for results.

The Next Logical Step…is Often the Wrong One

by: Mark Howell

Change, Innovation, Mark Howell, Strategy, Vision Frame

If you want different results you need to change the design. And I should add, if you want significantly different results you’ll need to do more than tweak the design. You’re going to need a different design.

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— Dave

comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.

— Argaw Alemu

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