None of us come to church – not on Sundays and certainly not on the random weeknight – only as the “role” we play: usher, choir member, mission volunteer, board member. A church board gathers on the third Tuesday of the month. Coming into the...
Refocusing the Christmas Lens With most pastors and congregations thinking about upcoming worship services and other ministry opportunities that seize so much of our attention this time of year, I want to help us think broadly about what the priorities are, what they aren’t, and how...
As we previewed in Macedonian’s Leadership Conversations over the last few weeks, we strongly believe that church boards in their decision-making role should go as deep spiritually as they possibly can every time they meet. This weekly email will suggest resources for digging that “deeper...
Refocusing the Christmas Lens With most pastors and congregations thinking about upcoming worship services and other ministry opportunities that seize so much of our attention this time of year, I want to help us think broadly about what the priorities are, what they aren’t, and how...
This month, church boards will convene in the wake of the U.S. midterm elections. A congregation of any size has within it those who do not agree with one another socially, politically, theologically. What does belonging to one another in a church mean when the...
In this webinar, Leadership Conversations with Mark Ramsey, Mark discusses some of the questions every church should be asking. Watch webinar and find out more....
For the last several weeks, we have been considering what could make church board meetings feel like church, instead of all the other meetings in our lives....
Of course, settling and opening are not mutually exclusive actions. But then, why do so many of our church board meetings proceed as if they are?...
There have been countless times I have been so tempted to have t-shirts printed with that emblazoned on the front in bold, neon letters and distribute them among every church committee or board with whom I have worked. It’s not about more information....