Dave Gilpin...top ten points for preachers
Dave is a funny guy...but also perceptive..."Have your chance to see what goes on behind the scenes of Hope City Church by checking what senior Pastor Dave Gilpin is looking for from every resident and emerging preacher in the life of all congregations of Hope City. (Given out to everyone who preaches in any of the congregations of Hope City Church.) Here are the tips… 1. Make sure you apply your message to ‘Average Joe’ and not immediately to those who need healing or a specific miracle. Make sure you have really gotten into Average Joe’s shoes and understand what makes him tick and how he can walk into your message (spend time praying over the

Birth control role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions
INVESTING in birth control to reduce population growth could be more effective in cutting greenhouse gas emissions than building wind turbines or nuclear power stations, according to a United Nations report. Taking action to prevent one billion births by 2050 would save as much carbon dioxide as constructing two million giant wind turbines [Full story in The Australian].Just wondering how this sits with Genesis 1:28 .... "God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill t

Small town pastors
Here is a good post from a pastor friend...."I’m a small-town pastor, so let’s face it: on any given day you’ll find me wearing a number of different hats. Some hats—like the preacher hat or planner hat—are hats that fit me well. They’re hats I love to wear, because they match my personality and how God has hard-wired me together to do certain things well. Other hats, though . . ."More

Organized Religion's Management Problem
Gary Hamel is one of the presenters at the Willow Leadership Summit. He is a management author and consultant, a visiting professor at London Business School and director of the Management Lab. These three articles are leadership GOLD and the first one, "Organized Religion's 'Management problem,'" would have to be the most challenging I have read all year. Enjoy!http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/08/21/organized-religions-managemen...

One Tactic to Turn Around a Church
Two words: Prayer. Leadership.From this article (thanks to Phil Bryant from the BUWA for sending it through).