November 30, 2007 Leadership Network is in the middle of relaunching it’s leadership books blog. It will be the place for practical insights from books that leaders themselves are reading.
I got invited to be one of the dozen or so contributors in this collaborative blog, though looking through the list I’m definitely the newbie of the [...]
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November 22, 2007My question of the day:
Is the role of a pastor today conducive to following Jesus?
If you liked that post, check out…God’s message, gaps, and integrity by Lon on January 5th, 2005Stand against the wind… by Lon on February 14th, 2006Running Free… by Lon on February 18th, 2006Risky Leadership… by Lon on March 17th, 2007
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October 26, 2007The WCA is launching a new 3-day event in Canada called the Nova Experience.
The NOVA Experience - a brand new day!
April 10-12, 2008 - Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, Toronto, ON
A new dawn is here for the local church in Canada, bringing the promise of a brighter morning, full of hope, full of mercy, and full of [...]
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October 20, 2007After deciding earlier that I would let school slide a bit, so that I could do ‘more important’ things with my life, I got slammed on my last assignment.
I still don’t really care for my grades, but my urban ministry prof, one I greatly admire, called me out on it, and wrote this to me:
Lon; [...]
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October 7, 2007I did my first baptism yesterday.
After the service I had people asking me, who I was, if I was a pastor, or if I was ordained…
…to which I replied that the Scriptures describe Jesus telling those who follow him to go, make disciples, and baptize… that means all of us, not just the upper tier [...]
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September 26, 2007The blogosphere’s been abuzz the last few days with Mark Driscoll’s most recent comments at the Convergence conference at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He talked about different streams of the emerging church today:
The Relevants - Evangelical folks that are being innovative in their methods… he names guys like Donald Miller, Erwin McManus, and Dan [...]
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July 14, 2007Members
There seems to be some backlash in our anti-institutional culture against leadership these days. Leaders tend to be reduced to facilitators or coordinators; however rather than lowering what it means to be a leader I believe there needs to be a strong push towards raising what it means to be a member. [...]
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July 11, 2007Regarding gender roles
The topic of gender roles in leadership seems of much debate these days. I see it as a peripheral issue, but because there is some need for clarification ahead of time, especially in church planting, I’ll be brief on it.
I do believe in gender roles, and that the bible distinguishes the very creation [...]
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July 8, 2007Deacons
The primary biblical insight into the role of the deacon appears in Acts 6:1-7, where the apostles are overburdened by caring for needy widows in the community and the task is appointed to the deacons. I believe this is more of a descriptive than prescriptive scenario and the role of a deacon is that of [...]
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July 6, 2007Elders
As far as I can tell elders, pastors, bishops, overseers are synonymous terms throughout the New Testament (Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Peter 5:2). They are clearly seen as the human leaders of the church. I would tend to agree with Ed Stetzer that ?the church should be led by a group of pastor-elders who [...]
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