[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] One of the primary characteristics that defines pastors of healthy growing churches is that they are willing to accept help from the outside.
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Leading a church can sometimes feel like wrestling five alligators. Add five more alligators and an anaconda, and that’s what it can feel
If I was a young leader in the vineyard I would seriously think about Heroic Leadership Institute as a way to be trained for the
With Jesus as our model for leadership development, our movement has created a leadership development process called IRTDMN. The six steps are Identify, Recruit, Train,
In our journey of becoming more like Jesus, we have many opportunities to say yes to what He is doing and we have many opportunities
It was a beautiful, warm morning in October, and our church was hosting a food giveaway. Down the street, car after car was being loaded.
One of the big themes of the Vineyard Missional Leaders’ Meeting 2016 was slow kingdom coming. Phil Strout addressed the group on this topic, partly
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman has been on my mind a lot lately. And if you take a look at
Worship leaders have tremendous influence on a church. You can preach powerful, thought-provoking, divinely-inspired sermons, but people won’t be humming them on their way to
Recently I had a chance to chat with Leah Wenger, planter of the Vineyard of Mahomet, a campus of the Central Illinois Vineyard. I was
As a church planter or pastor, you’re always on the lookout for new leaders. And sometimes you see that these leaders are ready for more—more
After the lead church planter, one of the very first people you want on a church planting team is a worship leader. And continuing to
