Leadership Development: You Are What You Eat–And You Reproduce It Too (part 2)

In my last post on leadership development, I addressed the fact that many of us are looking toward unhealthy paradigms for equipping others.  This problem should not surprise us.  We reproduce what we know, and we know what has been modeled before us.  And what is often set before us in North America is not [...]

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I remember a Public Service Announcement that would air on television whenever I would get home from elementary school.  It was this crazy 60-second cartoon of a strange character who would remind kids to eat healthy food.  His jingle included the phrase “You are what you eat from your head down to your feet!” Leadership [...]

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In the previous post in this two-part series, I provided some of the numbers regarding the Evangelicals present in the metro areas of New York, Boston, and Indianapolis. Today, I want to share with you some of the general demographic information on these areas.  As you consider your missionary labors in these communities, these numbers [...]

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Before we get too tied up in the game and the commercials–if you are not already–I wanted to take a moment and turn our attention toward the cities behind the teams.  And behind the cities, we find the people. And among the people, a great battle is taking place.  This one is not on the [...]

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Few churches in North America are involved in church planting.  I want to be involved in changing this unfortunate reality. Today, I am releasing my latest e-book Leading Your Church in Church Planting: Taking the First Steps.  This 62-page work is designed to encourage and provide some guidance for pastors considering such missionary work. While [...]

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An important report addressing the 2010-2011 numbers of international students in the United States was just released from the Institute of International Education.  I have greatly appreciated their research over the years.  A most helpful annual document is Open Doors Fast Facts (below are two tables from the document).  This excellent two-page report provides a [...]

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I had the opportunity to meet some of the guys with SpreadTruth.  They stopped by campus to talk with a few professors about a new discipleship training resource called “The Story.” “The Story” is an excellent way to train people in personal evangelism.  In fact, it is one of the best resources I have seen [...]

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Williston, North Dakota is a town of 13,000 people, in a county of 20,000.  According to The ARDA, the county is 17% Evangelical and has 17 Evangelical churches, giving it 1 such church for every 1162 people (based on 2000 data). And a few of you pastors need to consider sending future church planting teams [...]

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A couple of days ago I shared with you the latest U. S. data on the peoples who migrated to the largest metro areas of this country.  In this post, I want us to take a step back and get a wider view of what is presently taking place among the peoples on the move.  [...]

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This week I begin a semester-long training course for church planters.  I always look forward to it.  One of the first things that the participants experience is that I quickly tell them that our work is not about church planting. Now, I recognize this is a strange statement for a church planting professor to make, [...]

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