Newsletter Articles
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2005 Transformational Leaders Gathering: Connecting With the Emerging Church
Tom Lyberg
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40 Days of Purpose: Sojourns with Saddleback (An insider’s story)
Robert Driver-Bishop (Robert@GraceLovesPark.com)
- I Am Feeling Overwhelmed Or How To Build Teams that Work | Comments: (1)
- Pastor as Catalyst: Four Transformational Leadership Postures (Part 1) | Comments: (2)
- Pastor as Catalyst: Four Transformational Leadership Postures (Part 2)
- Pastor as Catalyst: Four Transformational Leadership Postures (Part 3)
- Pastor as Catalyst: Four Transformational Leadership Postures (Part 4) | Comments: (3)
- Preaching Points 09-08/02: Coming to Church for the Right Reasons
- Preaching Points 09-10/11: The Deal of a Lifetime
- Preaching Points 09-10/25: Pardon Me, But Do You Know God?
- Don’t Be a Member of the Church; be a disciple of Jesus Christ | Comments: (1)
- We Don’t Grow Disciples – God Does, through Faith Practices
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A Congregation of Mystics
N. Graham Standish
- A Discipling Mid-Sized Community/Parish Model | Comments: (5)
- A Leader's Best Friend, Part 1
- A Leader's Best Friend, Part 2
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A Life without Furniture
Special Article
- A Medieval Practice Is Spot On
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A New and Right Spirit: Creating an Authentic Church in a Consumer Culture
| Comments: (1)
By Rick Barger
- A Page Borrowed From My Daily Devotions
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A Process for Transformational Ministry
| Comments: (1)
Dave Daubert, Director for Renewal of Congregations, ELCA
- A Program Church Problem | Comments: (4)
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A Well in the Distance
Carol Howard Merritt
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Accidental Growth Versus Purposeful Growth
John Maxwell
- Adaptive Leadership Part 1: What It Is | Comments: (2)
- Adaptive Leadership Part 2: Finding Home in a New Story
- Adaptive Leadership Part 3: Conversion and Transformation
- Advent as an Apocalyptic Season
- Analogies for Church Membership | Comments: (2)
- Anatomy of a Committee and a Team
- Antevastin, the Boundary Spanner
- Are Churches for Everyone?
- Are We Equipping our Future Leaders? | Comments: (6)
- Are We Jumping the Shark or Circling the Drain?
- Are you Windfirm? How much turbulence would it take to topple you?
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Authenticity, Trust and Simplicity
John Maxwell
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Be the One: Change
John Maxwell
- Between Paying Attention and Beating Yourself Up
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Beyond Programs: Raising Leaders to Build Up the Church and Forge Disciples
Pastor Doug Hill
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Biblical Maturity: Transforming Truths
Beth Marie Halvorsen
- Both Denominations and Membership Belong To the Modern Age | Comments: (3)
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Bowling Alley Is Church's 'Promised Land'
| Comments: (1)
Debbie Barr, Special to the Orlando Sentinel
- Breaking Through the 200 Barrier | Comments: (1)
- Budgeting For Discipleship | Comments: (1)
- Building Discipleship Communities: Where do we start? | Comments: (1)
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Building Effective Teams
Gregg Burch has been training teams since 1998
- By what means do you disciple people?
- By what means do you disciple people? Part 2
- Change? Why change, I like things just as they are now.
- Changing the Pastor-Centered Congregation
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Church Leadership
| Comments: (1)
Kelly A. Fryer
- Coaching Isn't Just for Little League!
- Coaching Part 2: How to Coach | Comments: (1)
- Coaching Part 3: Practical Approaches to Coaching
- Collaboration: Key to Synergy in the Body of Christ
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Commitment of a Lifetime
| Comments: (1)
by Dr. Olaf Forster | How one doctor found his life's calling assisting the poor in some of Africa's remotest locations.
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Communication – A Leader’s Key To Success
Dr. John C. Maxwell
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Controlling Conflicts of Interest
Dan Hotchkiss
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Converts To What?
Ed Stetzer
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Creativity-Part 2: Creativity and the Creator; Can We Reframe Our Image of God?
Ron R. Lee
- Creativity: Finding God in Our Lives
- Credibility of a Leader | Comments: (1)
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Cross-examining Credibility
John Maxwell
- Danger in the Murmuring | Comments: (1)
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Dave Olson's top 10 reasons to plant churches
Roger Ganzel, with gratitude to Tom Harper
- Dealing Decisively With “The Club” | Comments: (2)
- Declaration of Interdependence: Transforming Leaders Initiative focuses on creating a healthy Body of Christ | Comments: (3)
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Delegation and Empowerment
Alfred V. Sagar, Dean, Academy for Transformational Leadership
- Difference between a Leader and a Martyr is Two Steps
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Discipleship In the Trenches
George L. Johnson
- Discipleship as a Calling, not a way to Volunteer
- Disturbing the Peace
- Do You Identify With Opportunity For Transformation? | Comments: (2)
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Don't Underestimate the System Delays
Dan Hotchkiss
- Don't Waste Time Trying To Justify Lack Of Growth | Comments: (2)
- Dr. Olaf Forster plans his move to the MDH clinic in Ramada, Kenya
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Dying as the Way to Life
Peter Bush
- Eight Ways Churches Hasten Their Own Decline-Part 1
- Eight Ways Churches Hasten Their Own Decline-Part 2
- Eight Ways Churches Hasten Their Own Decline-Part 3 | Comments: (3)
- Eight Ways Churches Hasten Their Own Decline-Part 4
- Encountering God on the Mountain | Comments: (1)
- Enhancing Leadership Skills
- Equipping in the Larger Church
- Equipping in the Smaller Church
- Europe Brings Insight Into Church Planting
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Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
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Erik Jacobs for The New York Times
- Evangelism, Stewardship and Social Justice: Are they Dependent Variables?
- Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
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Failure to Thrive
Roy M. Oswald, Barry Johnson
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Faith Fades Where It Once Burned Strong
By FRANK BRUNI New York Times October 13, 2003
- Faith Revolutionaries Stand Out From the Crowd
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Fallacies of Planning
| Comments: (1)
Dan Hotchkiss
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Finding the Optimal Level of Conflict
David R. Brubaker
- Fly Fishers of Men | Comments: (2)
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Founding Board creates the TransformingChurch.org Leadership Learning Community
Gregg Burch
- From Doing to Equipping
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Front Range Angler
| Comments: (1)
Gregg Burch
- Fundamental Choice
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Funding for Today and Tomorrow
Dan Hotchkiss
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GRACE NOTES: Let's come right out and call killers evil
| Comments: (2)
Lorraine V. Murray
- Gaining and Losing Influence - Part 1
- Gaining and Losing Influence - Part 2
- Get Control of your Life, so You Can Give it away. | Comments: (2)
- Getting Going as a Congregation on a Discipleship Lifestyle
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Getting from Here to There
Dr. John C. Maxwell
- Gift-Oriented Ministry
- God is my Co-Pilot | Comments: (2)
- God's Grace in Every Generation
- Goodbye, Rosa Parks
- Gospel according to Tom Petty, Neil Young & U2 | Comments: (1)
- Growing the Church with Excitement
- Half Century In – The Best Leadership Style Is:
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Harbor Churches in Danger During Cultural Perfect Storm
Interviewing Leonard Sweet
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Have you heard about the Christian Cancer Center in Kakinad, India?
| Comments: (1)
Sapna Sagar-Michael
- Help In Clarifying Vision for new visionaries – Part 4
- Help In Clarifying Vision for new visionaries - Part 1
- Help In Clarifying Vision for new visionaries - Part 5
- Help In Clarifying Vision for new visionaries – Part 2 | Comments: (1)
- Help In Clarifying Vision for new visionaries – Part 3
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Hey Mister, can you see me?
| Comments: (2)
Gregg Burch
- How Do We Measure Success? – Part 1 | Comments: (3)
- How Do We Measure Success? – Part 2 | Comments: (2)
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How Do We Measure Success? – Part 3
Gregg Burch
- How Do You Keep Them Accountable?
- How To Identify Transformational Leadership: 25 Characteristics | Comments: (2)
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How Will We Know?
Sarah B. Drummond
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How to Grow a Church Under 500 in Worship
Bill Easum
- How to Grow a Small Church
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How will God use you today?
Gregg Burch
- Humility: a painful lesson to learn
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I Didn’t Suffer
| Comments: (1)
Gregg Burch
- I Get the Need – Where Is It Best To Start?
- If Your God Is Not Too Small, What About Your Relationship With Him? | Comments: (1)
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In Defense of the Institutional Church
Mike Keiley
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Influence: Connecting with People
John C. Maxwell
- Infrastructure for a new Reformation
- Is it Halftime yet?
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Is your Community Drawn to the Warmth of your Church?
| Comments: (2)
Gregg Burch
- Is your Network of Support Visible to those who need it?
- It Is Always Critical To Maintain the Focus On God
- It's all about Leadership
- It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s SUPER-PASTOR! | Comments: (1)
- It’s not about Me
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John Maxwell named World’s Most influential Leadership Guru
Editorial
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Katrina: The Unwelcomed Reformer
K. C. Moorman
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Leadership as More than Being in Charge
Wayne Floyd
- Leadership in a Crisis
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Leading Up and Leading Across: Challenges of a 360° Leader
John C. Maxwell
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Leading a Life of Intentional Influence
John Maxwell
- Learned Leader or Natural Leader -- Part Two
- Learned Leader or Natural Leader — Part One
- Learning To Make the Most Out Of What Will Always Be Broken
- Let Me Introduce You to Ole
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Life-on-Life Discipleship Plan
John Purcell
- Lifelong Learning Partners embrace Discipleship as Purpose | Comments: (1)
- Local Churches With High Capacity Church Multiplication Centers
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Look Out Below
By Dr. John C. Maxwell
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Lutherans Reject Plan to Allow Gay Clerics
LAURIE GOODSTEIN: As reported in the New York Times published: August 13, 2005
- Luther’s Kingdom on the Left
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Make a Difference in the Next Generation!
Greg Baird / Pastor's Coach guest writer
- Making Compassion Cool: Nonprofits Struggle to Bring in the Next Generation
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Management and Leadership
Al Sagar, Dean of the Academy for Transformational Leadership
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Medical Assistance in Africa Appeal
| Comments: (1)
Dr. Olaf Förster
- Membership Messed Us Up
- Mentoring as a Faith Practice
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Moments of Authentic Discipleship
Cassandra D. Carkuff Williams
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Momentum Breakers vs Momentum Makers
John Maxwell
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Monographs on Leadership-Part 1
| Comments: (2)
Rev. James YK Moy, Ph.D.
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Monographs on Leadership-Part 2
James Moy, Ph.D.
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Moving from TransformingChurch.com to GodsFaintPath.com
Gregg Burch
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Multiplication: A Growing Church May Be Closer than We Think!
| Comments: (6)
By Dave Daubert
- Natural Church Development (NCD)
- Natural Church Development: How to Grow a Balanced Church!
- Natural Church Development: Why NCD?
- Never Hire Your Mama
- New Information to Shape Evangelism Ministry
- New Neuroscientific Evidence Brings Credibility To “Suspect” Spiritual Gifts
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Nicholas: The Epic Journey From Saint to Santa Claus
Jeremy Seal
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No Disciples, No Mission
Alan Hirsch
- No Longer Aliens; A Layman’s Perspective
- Nominating for Failure
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Notes from the Field: Africa
Dr. Olaf Forster
- OBE (Overcome by Events) and Missing Deadlines
- One Decade In: State of the Church
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One Editor’s Reflections on the Revolutionaries in the Barna Limelight
| Comments: (1)
Roger Ganzel
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Outcomes: the Marks of Good Ministry
The following marks of good ministry are identified as indicators of future clergy excellence. The Lutheran Church (ELCA and the LCMS) did a study of effective church planters where certain characteristics of effective ministry leadership began to surface. Using these...
- Partners in the Creation Story
- People are Being Programmed to Death
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Personal Growth
Dr. John C. Maxwell
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Practices in the Disciple-Forming Community
Jeffrey D. Jones
- Praying For New Leaders
- Preaching to the Post Moderns – Part 1
- Preaching to the Post Moderns – Part 2
- Preaching to the Post Moderns – Part 3
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Prepare Your Teams for Visitors
Tom Bandy
- Preparing for the Journey: Storms will Come
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Prosper Ndabishuriye Imprisoned over Christmas
| Comments: (1)
Mpimba Central Prison, capacity of 800, but today we are around 3000 people
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Re-tooling for Evangelical Outreach through Mentoring
by Craig Bollinger
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Reach Out and Ask Someone
| Comments: (2)
Dr. John C. Maxwell
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Rebuilding Hope, and Homes, for the People of Burundi
| Comments: (3)
Florrie Byrd, Associate Editor
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Rebuilding Lives in Burundi
Prosper Ndabishuriye
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Reflections On a Movement From the Trenches
| Comments: (1)
Mary Duerksen
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Reflections shared with XYZ Lutheran Church on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Retired Pastor
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Reforming Worship: a View of the Emerging Church
Jason Derr
- Resilience, a gift born of challenge
- Response To “Yes, Some ELCA Congregations Are Growing” | Comments: (3)
- Reveal Study
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Risking Life in Order to Save the Lives of Others
Prosper Ndabishuriye
- Scenario Planning for TLi: How we prepare for the unexpected winds that blow us off course.
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Self-Organizing Congregations
William O. Avery , Beth Ann Gaede
- Senior Pastor - Leading from the First Chair
- Servant or Self-Serving Leader: How do we know?
- Servant or Self-Serving Leader: How do we know?
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Seven Principles of Transformational Leadership -- Creating A Synergy of Energy
Erik Rees
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Sign the TLi Grant Petition, Support our Cause
Gregg Burch
- Simply Relational - Part 1
- Simply Relational - Part 2
- Slow, but Relentless
- Sometimes I'm not willing to let God be God
- Spiritual but not Religious
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Stewardship and Simple Thinking
Dan Hotchkiss
- Storyteller and Network Organizer: a new role with the TLi
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Students Flock to Seminaries, but Fewer See Pulpit in Future
| Comments: (1)
Gregg Burch
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Students' Emotional Health Linked to Religious Involvement
This article comes from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Faith and Values section on October 30, 2004.
- TC.com Reports on Spiritual Gift Awareness
- TLi Board approves plans to launch Pilot Class in Ohio
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Telling our Story
| Comments: (1)
Gregg Burch
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Telling the Better Story
| Comments: (3)
Gil Rendle
- Ten Steps To Introduce Transformational Ministry In Your Congregation | Comments: (2)
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The "What" and the "Who" of Leadership
Jeffrey D. Jones
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The Art of Governance
Dan Hotchkiss
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The Blind Spot
Dr. John C. Maxwell
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The Blind Spot
John Maxwell
- The Board | Comments: (1)
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The Body of Christ as Ministry Team
Gregg Burch has been training teams since 1998.
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The Bookends of Success
John C. Maxwell
- The Case for a Leadership Learning Community | Comments: (2)
- The Church Board – Part 1
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The Church Board, Part 2
Dan Reiland featuring writing by Charlie Wetzel
- The Connected Church
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The Importance of Outcomes
Gil Rendle, Susan Beaumont
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The Law of Empowerment
John C. Maxwell
- The Life Stages of Organizations: The Battle between Form and Spirit
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The Messy Work of Renewal
Daniel P. Smith and Mary K. Sellon
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The Ministry of the Baptized
Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, Fredrica Harris Thompsett
- The Need for New Spiritual Metrics
- The Only Relevant Church | Comments: (2)
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The Problem
Robert Fritz
- The Reason for Our Hope
- The Role of Faith in Healing
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The Stewardship of Risk
Dan Hotchkiss
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The Stories We Are
Richard L. Hester, Kelli Walker-Jones
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The Three Stages of Equipping
John C. Maxwell
- The Transforming Leaders Initiative-April 2008 Update | Comments: (2)
- The Transforming Leaders Initiative: How will we select our participants?
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The Transforming Leadership Initiative: a continuous learning community
| Comments: (1)
Concept Paper
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The Value of a Good System
John Maxwell
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The Wired World of Podcasting And The Church
Tom Lyberg
- Time in the Wilderness; Time with God
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Training and Equipping Lay Leaders for Pastoral Care
| Comments: (2)
by Lou Forney
- Transformation Happens Within Chaordic Parameters
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Transformation through Vital Pastoral Leadership
Rev. Dr. Stanley C. Sneeringer
- Transformational Ministry does not have to be Painful | Comments: (3)
- Transformational Walk: St. Stephens Turns the Corner | Comments: (1)
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Transforming Church Initiative: Details of the Vision
Gregg Burch
- Transforming Church Initiative: The Vision So Far
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Transforming Church Initiative: a Leadership Learning Community gains support
Gregg Burch
- Transforming Church Initiative: a Leadership Learning Community schedules Stakeholder Summit
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Transforming Leaders Initiative Consultation draws 35 Leaders from across the ELCA to Chicago
Gregg Burch
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Transforming Leaders Initiative DNA: Multiplying Disciples, then Leaders, then Churches
Gregg Burch
- Transforming Leaders Initiative Pilot Class in Ohio prepares for October launch
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Transforming Leaders Initiative Resource Update
Dave Daubert, Board Chair
- Transforming Leaders Initiative Strategy Update - November 2008
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Transforming Leaders Initiative Website Launched
Gregg Burch
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Transforming Leaders Initiative go forward plan October 2008
News Release
- Transforming Leaders Initiative launches pilot class in Ohio, plans next class in Southeast
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Transforming Leaders Initiative partners with ELCA Large Churches to launch Learning Journey in 2009
News Flash
- Transforming Leaders Initiative: How will we measure success?
- Transforming Leaders Initiative: Whom are we trying to reach?
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Transforming Leaders Initiative: the Learning Journey Year One
Gregg Burch
- Transforming Leaders Initiative: the Learning Journey Year Two
- Transforming Our Perspective of Holy Week
- Transforming People and Communities: The Work of Pastoral Leaders | Comments: (1)
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Transforming for Mission: Guiding Rural/Small Town Congregations Into the 21st Century
| Comments: (2)
by Tom Lyberg
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Transforming for Mission: Part II
by Tom Lyberg
- TransformingChurch.org Leadership Learning Community: A Vision Unfolds | Comments: (2)
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TransformingChurch.org Board affirms Concept, Initiates Design/Build Teams
News Reported
- TransformingChurch.org Leadership Initiative | Comments: (2)
- TransformingChurch.org names its Founding Board
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TransformingChurch.org receives Planning Grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Gregg Burch
- True Spiritual Gifts | Comments: (1)
- Trust Part 1: Building Trust in the Body of Christ
- Trust Part 2: Two More Building Blocks of Trust
- Trust Part 3: Restoring Trust In the Holy Spirit Leading | Comments: (1)
- Trust Part 4: How Faith Fuels Trust
- Trust Part 5: Eight One-time Helpfuls That Now Sabotage TRUST In Missional Congregations
- Understanding How Mission and Vision Are Different, and the Role That Each Plays
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Unjust Imprisonment of a Humanitarian & Great Church Leader in Africa
| Comments: (4)
Mike Seymour
- Unshackling Christ’s Church | Comments: (4)
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Using Reveal as a Resource for Strategic Planning
Pat Gilbert
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Vision, Connection, & Direction: The Pathway to Effective Communication
John C. Maxwell
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Vital Pastoral Leadership Network
David Stark Executive Director of the Changing Church Forum
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Vocation Part 2-Weekday Faith
Mark Batterson
- Vocation, What Do You Mean Vocation? | Comments: (3)
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Wandering in the Spiritual Desert: the dark night of the soul
Gregg Burch
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Water of Life-Olaf and the Well
Gregg Burch
- Wax on, Wax off
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Welcome to TransformingChurch.com
| Comments: (1)
Gregg Burch (atl@transformingchurch.com)
- What Do We Do with the Dinosaur: The ELCA Model (Cong) Constitution?
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What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?
Shane Claiborne
- What is a TLi Partner Learning Site? | Comments: (2)
- What is the Offer?
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What's the Difference between Managing and Leading?
Rick Warren
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What's wrong with this picture?
| Comments: (4)
A recent visitor wrote:
- What’s So Unique About TLi?
- What’s that sprouting out of the TransformingChurch.com logo?
- When God Makes It Snow
- When Seeking Consensus Is Wrong
- Where Have All the Visitors Gone?
- Where do you put your trust?
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Who Is Robert? And Why Do We Follow His Rules, Anyway?
Martin B. Copenhaver
- Why Attempts at Organizational Change Fail
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Why Do We Worship the Way We Have Always Worshiped When People Keep Changing?
N. Graham Standish
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Why I Don’t Belong or Go to Church
by Visitor Vick
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Why Leaders Fail
| Comments: (1)
Mark Sanborn
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Why Small Groups?
| Comments: (1)
John Weber, Pastor of Christ our Shepherd
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Why Spiritual Formation? Because It's Normal!
Bill Hybels
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Why the Best Leaders Are the Best Leaders
John C. Maxwell
- Why the Church is Missing More of each New Generation | Comments: (1)
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Women in Leadership
DuAnne Seeley
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Worry versus Trust
| Comments: (1)
Gregg Burch
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Worship Technology: Even If You Think You're a Techie, You're Probably Behind
Bill Tenny-Brittian
- You can’t problem solve your way to success
- Youth and Reconstruction of the World in Destruction wins lawsuit before American court