This last Sunday we had our Vision Sunday across all of our services. The atmosphere was electric as we celebrated all that God has done in Christian Life Church in 2013. As we looked towards […]
Category: Leadership
The Power of Vision
This graph shows the correlation between the hours of practice that Children were putting in to learn a musical instrument after they had answered the following question. “How long do you see yourself playing your […]
How to Survive the Ministry Part Two
Carrying on from my previous blog here’s part 2. DO MINISTRY WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE Finding the right people to do ministry with, to be on team with, to invest in can be one of […]
HOW TO SURVIVE THE MINISTRY Part One
Was really privileged to speak today to some Pastors on the subject of how to survive the ministry. I was unsure how to approach the subject but decided to base the talk on 2 Timothy […]
Miracles for Sale – A response to Derren Brown
Last Night I watched with interest Derren Brown’s TV programme entitled Miracles for Sale in which Derren and his team train Nathan, a Scuba Diving Instructor, to become a faith healer. Brown and his team […]
If you want it to grow get the atmosphere right.
Ignore the atmosphere at your peril. Have you ever been to someone’s home, you know, just dropped in and whoa it hit you like a train. Toxicity. Let me ask you these questions, “Did you […]
7 GUIDELINES FOR GOOD MEETINGS
Someone recently said to me, “Paul, you seem to be in loads of meetings, your days seem ful of meetings.” It is true I do my fair share because of all the forums I’m engaged […]
New Year’s Resolve
As a teenager in church the passing of every year brought about messages on looking ahead, having a positive outlook, being faith filled about the future etc.. At the same time those messages often involved […]
Multiple site yea or nay
check out this great discussion on multi site churches. http://player.vimeo.com/video/13082622 Multiple Sites: Yea or Nay? Dever, Driscoll, and MacDonald Vote from Ben Peays on Vimeo.
My Greatest Frustration
Someone once said, ‘Frustration and Vision are exactly the same thing.’ They’re right, but it doesn’t feel like it when you’re frustrated! being a church leader is a frustrating thing, partly because at times you […]
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