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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]