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7 Tips to Reduce Project Management Stress for Christian Leaders

by Mike Waddell on September 22, 2011 in Change, Church Leadership, CL, Decision, Leadership, Methods, OL, Organisational Leadership, Performance, Planning, Project Management, Stress

At some point every Christian leader will end up being called upon to lead some kind of project. They may be short and quick or they might be large and challenging. Many Christian leaders have no training or experience of running a project and that in itself can be an enormous stress factor. Whilst natural organisational ability is enormously helpful, in itself it is no guarantee of any project being both successful and low stress. This Article provide budding project managers with a practical guide

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A Time for Everything – 10 Time Management Tips for Christian Leaders

by Andy Gilbert on September 6, 2011 in CL, Decision, Leadership, Methods, Ministry, OL, Pepole Development, Performance, Planning, Role Model, Servant Leader, Stress, Team, Time Management

As a Christian Leader may be you feel overwhelmed by the stresses and demands you and others place on your use of time? Time Management skills are vital to your effectiveness and the role model that you are as a servant leader.

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10 Mistakes You Can make When Seeking a New Pastor

by Colin D. Buckland on August 8, 2011 in Change, Church Leadership, CL, Decision, Leadership, Ministry, Planning, Recruitment, Stress, Team

When seeking a new pastor for your church there are number of classic mistakes that you can make; they can have dire consequences for your church and your newly appointed pastor and their family. This article, born out of years of experience helps you ponder these mistakes in the hope of helping you make good choices in God’s service.

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Man’s Plans And God’s Purposes: When Methods Have Their Place

by Mike Waddell on February 3, 2011 in Church Leadership, CL, Decision, Leadership, Methods, OL, Organisational Leadership, Planning, Servant Leader, SL, Strategy, Vision

When it comes to doing things to fulfil God’s Kingdom plan we both need and rely upon methods. Think about it for a minute; you use a method to make the porridge in the morning. I am using several methods as a write these words. The question is as Christian Leaders in Churches and organisations, when seeking to determine and do God’s will, how far can we go with methods? When are methods helpful and when do they hinder?

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Man’s Plans And God’s Purposes: According To Whose Plan?

by Mike Waddell on February 2, 2011 in Church Leadership, CL, Decision, Leadership, Methods, OL, Organisational Leadership, Planning, Servant Leader, SL, Strategy, Vision

In the first article in the “Mans Plans and God’s Purposes” series we learned about implementing God’s plan from the failures of Joshua. In this article we look at experiences of both Paul and Peter to learn a little more about the ways God uses to reveal his plans and some of the challenges that we face in working out how we align what we do with God’s plans and purposes.

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Man’s Plans and God’s Purposes: Being Effective for the Kingdom

by Mike Waddell on February 1, 2011 in Church Leadership, CL, Decision, Leadership, Methods, OL, Organisational Leadership, Planning, Servant Leader, SL, Strategy, Vision

Joshua lay face down in the dirt. Things had not gone according to plan. He had been there all day and had failed to work out what had happened. It was only now that God said to him “What are you doing down on your face?”
It had all been going so well, Jericho had fallen just as God said it would, albeit in a very strange way and the Canaanites had melted in fear. Now Joshua had instructed his men to attack Ai and they had been defeated, routed with 36 men had killed. What had gone wrong?

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