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Your church is most effective when you are effectively leading it. In this exclusive audio presentation, Thom Rainer and Bob Russell will teach you what it takes to achieve your highest leadership potential in the areas of conflict, change, declining attendance, workload balance, personal study, sermon preparation, casting vision, hiring, and healthy leadership habits. Suggested companion conference: Breakout Churches
Details:
Thom Rainer, best-selling author of Simple Church and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, joins Bob Russell, retired senior minister of 18,000-member Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Ky., to encourage you to be a healthier church leader.
Who should attend this audio conference: pastors, lay leaders, church consultants, and denominational leaders
In this one-day conference, you will learn the following:
- How to deal with conflict, change and declining attendance
- The surprising activity most healthy leaders practice every week
- How to balance your ministry with regular devotions, prayer, personal study and sermon preparation
- The secret to casting a vision for your church
- When you should hire – and which positions to hire first
Agenda
The Pastor's Morality: Bob Russell's Personal Testimony
Four Practices of Good-to-great Church Leaders - Thom Rainer
Managing Leadership Overload - Bob Russell
Plus Extensive Q & A Sessions:
- How do you motivate other leaders in the church and make a good working team?
- How do you have the right attitude toward your opposition?
- How do you protect your time in the Word and in prayer?
- How do you spend five hours a week in personal evangelism?
- What do you do if your vision for the church is different than the primary leadership body?
- What are some ways to make your church friendly to visitors?
- What can we do to smooth the transition of our ministry as we grow larger?
- How do you diffuse opposition or criticism during transition?
- At what level should a church add executive help for a senior minister?
- How do you minister differently over time and as a church grows and relationships change?
- How can you communicate a transition in the senior pastor’s role to the congregation?
- How do you go about articulating vision as the leader of a church?
- Is it better to hire staff for one position or multiple positions?
- What is the role of an executive pastor or an administrator and how big does your church have to get before you hire one?
- What factors cause churches to plateau and decline?
- What is your wedding and funeral schedule and policy?
- What is your favorite read?
- How do you staff for growth rather than for maintenance?
- How do you deal with political and moral issues from the pulpit?
- Should an elder or deacon continue to serve on the board if they are hired as staff?
- How do you create a culture of serving?
- What advice would you give a young church planter?
- What are the most effective ways of doing an invitation?
- What do you think about staff retreats?
- What about visiting prospects?
- Are personal devotions, study time and reading included in the reported 20 hours of study per week?
- What are good ways for a pastor to stay accountable to someone?
