4 Balancing Acts for Church Health
by: Rick Warren
A far better focal point than church growth is church health.
ABOUT RICK WARREN
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America's largest and most influential churches. Rick is author of the New York Times bestseller The Purpose Driven Life. His book, The Purpose Driven Church, was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. He is also founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community for pastors.
To Develop Generous Disciples, Understand Why People Give
by: Rick Warren
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If you want your church to grow, you must learn how to develop generous disciples to invest their resources into the kingdom for ministry and for facilities.
A Vision is a Dream That Can Be Implemented
by: Rick Warren
Vision is the main difference between leadership and management.
7 Ways to Help Others Understand the Vision
by: Rick Warren
A lot of people have great vision. But you’ll never see your vision become a reality unless you communicate it well to others. Many great God-given dreams die in the vision-casting stage. In fact, there are seven particular things you need to make sure your people understand the vision.
Leading Your Congregation to Invest in God’s 5 Funds
by: Rick Warren
One of the roles of church leaders is to help people see the proper place of money in our lives and the potential reward in eternity when we invest our resources into eternal things.
How Saddleback Church Models Transparency When Asking People to Give
by: Rick Warren
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A little bit of transparency can go a long way when helping believers understand more about the church to which they give their tithes and offerings.
Rick Warren Shares 8 Characteristics of a Healthy Church
by: Rick Warren
When you look at the book of Acts, you find at least 8 healthy characteristics of the early church that positioned them for a blessing from God.
How to Overcome 3 Common Criticisms When Leading Your Church Through Change
by: Rick Warren
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As your church begins to grow you’re going to face a lot of different criticisms. But there are three really common ones to prepare for.
Rick Warren on the 3 Privileges & Temptations of Leadership
by: Rick Warren
The extra effort and work you put in you get more position, more power and more privilege. With each one of these comes a very great temptation that can be your downfall as a leader if you misuse it.
Rick Warren’s 7 Tips for Being a Better Leader by Being a Better Reader
by: Rick Warren
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If you want to be a growing leader of a healthy movement, keep reading.
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Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked.
I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
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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.
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