Tag Archives: Leadership Means Series

Leadership means sharing responsibility so that there is a mutual investment in the outcome of a ministry task. Just as in this video where the football team shared responsibility for getting the ball across the goal line, ministry team members … Continue reading →

On 9 June 2007 I wrote a post entitled Leadership Means Conflict Resolution. This article is intended as a followup to its predecessor. I specifically wish to highlight the need to “focus on issues rather than personalities.” Leadership means managing … Continue reading →

Leadership means advance planning. It is, in part, a function of carefully structured project management, but also a function of visionary entrepreneurialism. Even as my faith community, my church, engages in preparations for our large Neighborhood Family Carnival and our … Continue reading →

Frodo Baggins rose up to the challenge of bearing the burden of the ring. He did so in the midst of escalating conflict among the emmisaries to the Council of Elrond. Frodo’s willingness to bear the ring was devoid of … Continue reading →

Leadership means conflict resolution. Whether it involves dealing with strife between children, parents, volunteers or church staff, or some variation thereof, conflict resolution is an necessary factor for leaders of children’s ministries. Below I should like to offer several basic … Continue reading →

Leadership means keeping it real because we should be more concerned with substance than with appearances; more concerned with authenticity than with temporal accolades, imagined or otherwise. At some level, each of us has a need for affirmation in what … Continue reading →

Leadership means servanthood. My pastors, Phil and Priscilla, have modeled an ethic of humility and service in their thirty years at Portland Open Bible Church and their 40+ years of ordained ministry. During the twelve years I have known them, … Continue reading →

Leadership means listening. Generally, it means listening actively to those in our sphere of influence, including the pastor, staff colleagues within other ministries, volunteers and staff within our domain of leadership, parents, children and even those persons within the larger … Continue reading →

This is the first of an intended series of several short articles, all of which will begin with the phrase “Leadership means….” Leadership means following through. If I, as a children’s pastor, make a commitment to complete a task, it … Continue reading →