Abusive pastors

Abusive Pastors & the Crazy $(&*@#%! they get away with by Kathy Escobar

I know some really amazing pastors in this world--dedicated and humble men and women who love people so well and truly care about their...
Church Ministry Titles

A Message to His Holy Highness the Worshipful Bishop Rev. Dr. Apostle Grand Poobah...

Jesus just wasn't into titles. We shouldn't be either. I am often asked if I have a title, and my answer doesn't satisfy some people....
king

The Search for a King, a Leadership parable

The Search for a King, a Leadership parable is a short story that explains how the Lord chooses His leaders. “During my military career I...
Women in Ministry

The Ministry of Women Redefined

The Ministry of Women Redefined was originally published as a book by Jon Zens called "What's with Paul and Women?" This is an excerpt...
Healthy Fathering

Healthy Fathering God’s Original Design for Making Disciples

Spiritual Fathering - If this was Gods best way to reveal Himself and make disciples what do you think will be our best way?
Church Issue

The Most Pressing Issue Facing the Church

As the various ministry leaders filed into the room, they smiled warily at one another.  Exchanging tepid pleasantries as they moved to their assigned...
Fathering

Fathering: Helping Transition the Next Generation

Fathering: helping transition the next generation is a short article that caught my eye from my friend and brother Molong Nacua of the Philippines....
True Christian Leadership

True Christian Leadership is Upside Down by George Dunn

"Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him. And He...
Redefining leadership

Redefining Leadership – To Lead or Not to Lead by Steve Crosby

Redefining leadership - to lead or not to lead, that is the question. A leader is not the chief visionary. A leader is not...
having no reputation

The Joy of Having No Reputation – by Frank Viola

Early in my Christian life, I sometimes thought about how many of us Christians would follow Jesus if we lived during His time? I...
Manifest

Tucumán Manifest or Accords

The Tucuman Manifest was drafted during an event called Encuentro 2020 held during the first weeks of January in Tucuman Argentina. Tucuman is also...
Prophetic Leadership

The Harness of the Lord (Prophetic Leadership for 21st Century)

I remember receiving this word through brother Tom Bailey many MANY years ago while attending a house meeting in Crozet, Virginia. At that time...
Positional Authority

Positional Authority or Relational Authority?

Positional Authority or Relational Authority is the current debate among many in the church today. Most religious leaders want to maintain the religious traditions...
top 10 church leadership articles 2013

The Top 10 Church Leadership Articles 2013

2013 is coming to a quick close and already there are signs of a coming spiritual revolution. Whether you have been ordained by men,...
Bottom to Top Leadership

The Quest for Bottom-to-Top Leadership

What is Bottom-to-Top leadership?  Instead of Top to Bottom, it is the exact opposite of hierarchy. It looks like an inverted pyramid on paper....

Organic Church Leadership

Is Organic Church Leadership an oxymoron or are there leaders in the Body of Christ today? As the administrator of the website named GodsLeader.com...
Anointing

The Anointing in the Old & New Covenants

Anointed and anointing are relatively ancient terms, used extensively throughout the Old Testament, and to a lesser degree in the New Testament.  For the...
two types of leaders

Two Types of Leaders: Which Will You Become? by Frank Viola

In our leadership-frenzied Christian culture, I've opted for a different label for leadership. That label is influence. Despite the unhealthy love-affair that countless Christians have...
Rare Seed of Men

A Rare Seed of Men in Leadership

Like the slogan “a rare breed of men,” God has reserved for His purposes a rare SEED of men in leadership. God says the...
Swimming upstream

Swimming Upstream ain’t Easy, but Don’t Stop Now! by Don Nori

The forces against you are incredible, but you were made with the strength to buck the tide. Most look at you and wonder what...