Catalyst Articles

With an estimated 263 million people living without Christ in the United States and Canada, Send 2013 could be a pivotal opportunity for missional leaders to discover needs, develop partnerships and deploy their churches to reach our communities.

What the world sees as a problem district, God sees as a huge opportunity for ministry.

What if the change we wish to see in the world doesn’t start with only doing something for others, but starts with ourselves - an inward first focus?

Life’s most profound lessons are captured along the uncharted path, but those who never walk it miss out. As we forsake uncertainty and pursue our greatest passions, we begin to realize that we’re learning about life, others, and ourselves along the way.

Here you go, the June edition of the Young Influencers List.

Teams are incredibly important in accomplishing a vision. And as the leader of organizations, projects, initiatives and churches, maybe the most important thing you do is select, equip and release leaders.

Ask yourself, Are you known by God? The best hint Scripture gives us in answering this question is to ask yourself if you are authentically known by those around you.

We had enough church staff experience to know that in most churches spiritual formation was not the driving force behind programming (or budgeting, for that matter). We wanted to be the exception. We wanted everything we did to focus on building mature followers of Christ. And we knew that if we weren’t intentional, spiritual formation would get lost in the plethora of activities that tends to gobble up valuable time and resources.

10 points to help you be a better employee, partner, or peer in your organization. Whether working on a project, a new initiative, or just simply trying to be competent in the organization you serve in.

The first chord change came as an epiphany:  Love is spelled T-I-M-E. Our fathers spelled love: W-O-R-K. But how does my child translate my presence or absence? 

Problems.  Every organization has them.  And most leaders dislike having to deal with them, myself included. However, recently I discovered problems can actually be platforms to discover the greatest stars among my staff.