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This Is It
What kind of groundwork leads to real community?
by Mark Buchanan
Leadership Journal, Spring 2008
Show, Don't Tell
by Angie Ward
Leadership Journal, Winter 2008
Good Marginal Thinking
The heroes of church history began as reflective Christians who doubted what everyone else took for granted.
by Brian McLaren
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
The Zoloft Dispensation
Pastoring in the meds age, when everybody's on something.
by Elliott Anderson
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
My Death
Darin announced his suicide plans online, and followed through. How can I help our small town cope with his very public pain?
by Keith Mannes
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
5 Kinds of Christians
Understanding the disparity of those who call themselves Christian in America.
A new national survey co-sponsored by Leadership. Reported by Helen Lee
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
When God Comes to Church
Is it wrong to pray that God will show up?
by Steve Gaines
Leadership Journal, Summer 2007
Why Hoppers Hop
by Elizabeth Diffin
Leadership Journal, Summer 2007
The Real Worship War
Forget about choruses versus hymns—what about justice?
by Mark Labberton
Leadership Journal, Summer 2007
Wreck the Roof
Are you willing to take apart the church to bring people to Jesus?
by Mark Buchanan
Leadership Journal, Winter 2007
Shifting Family Values
The ties that bind feel looser at church and tighter at the parsonage.
The Leadership survey reported by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Fall 2006
All in the Family Is Now Grey's Anatomy
Today's segregation is by age.
by Chad Hall
Leadership Journal, Fall 2006
Missional: Possible
Steps to transform a consumer church into a missional church.
by Chad Hall
Leadership Journal, Winter 2007
We Can't Do Megachurch Anymore
What happens when an "attractional church" is compelled to go in a different direction?
by Wade Hodges with Greg Taylor
Leadership Journal, Winter 2007
Coffeeshop Connections
What one pastor is learning, as a part-time barista, about relationship and discipleship.
by David Swanson
Leadership Journal, Fall 2006
Dangerous Blessings
A theology of God's abundance and our hunger for more.
by Ed Gungor
Leadership Journal, Summer 2006
iChurch: All We Like Sheep
Is our insistence on choices leading us astray?
by Skye Jethani
Leadership Journal, Summer 2006
Humble Pie
4 good lessons from a bad decision.
by Mark Vroegop
Leadership Journal, Spring 2006
Restoring Fallen Pastors
The road back to ministry after a moral lapse—whether physical or virtual—is long and difficult. How can the restoration process be improved?
by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
Sexual Training …
In righteousness, that is.
by Allan Meyer
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
Desperate Times
How did sex become just skin-on-skin instead of soul-to-soul?
A Leadership Forum
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
Finding the Serendipities
A leader's role: making "accidental" discoveries.
by Lee Eclov
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
The Mixed Gender Team
How men and women can work in sync.
by Sarah Sumner
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
The Joy of Preaching Sex
For better intimacy at home, we need more sex in the pulpit.
by Bryan Wilkerson
Leadership Journal, Winter 2006
To Discipline Touchy Tom
He was a patriarch, leader, and sexual predator. Was the church ready to stand up to him and his family?
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Four Words that Make Me Cringe
What's so great about their old church back home? And why should I care?
by Marilyn Yocum
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
A Controlled Burn
Leading change is a dangerous, consuming calling.
A Leadership interview with Steven Goodwin
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Heir Apparent
A retiring pastor and his successor discover what it takes to make a transition plan work.
by Skye Jethani
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
All in Favor of a New Church Name?
Our game plan for changing the name of our church.
by Steve Tomlinson
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Clean Out the Sludge
A theology of turnaround.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Back from the Brink: A Leadership Special Report
Disastrous conflict, moral failure, spiritual depression, or simply long, slow decline. Churches do come back from debilitating trauma. How?
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Even Healthy Churches Need to Change
"If it ain't broke … " thinking leads nowhere.
by H. Dale Burke
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Taking Membership Seriously
Why it's time to raise the bar.
Leadership Journal, Summer 2005
An Army of Ones
Does diversity in the church work?
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
A Mad Multi-gen Strategy that Works, Dude
Bring generations together and reduce 20-something dropout.
by Mike Breaux
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
My Patient Revolution
Creating a place where everyone belongs.
Interview with Mark Jobe
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
Parts of the Holistic
Every activity at Solomon's Porch contributes to spiritual formation.
By Doug Pagitt of Solomon's Porch
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
What's Driving Today's Innovations?
Spying the 4 longings that are prompting new ways of doing church.
By Drew Zahn
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
Stuck in the "Before" Picture
4 ways to renew your strength.
by Tim Moffett
Leadership Journal, Summer 2004
My Church's Inferiority Complex
How one congregation traded the "poor little us" mindset for new confidence.
Peter Youmans
Leadership Journal, Fall 2003
What a Wanderer Wants From Church
A conversation with Carmen Renee Berry
Leadership Journal, Fall 2003
Has Your Church Jumped the Shark?
Leadership lessons from Fonzie's waterskiing feat.
David and Angie Ward
Leadership Journal, Fall 2003
Surviving Gregg's Other Life
Would our fragile church survive if it learned the worship leader's tragic secret?
By Jeff W. Smith
Leadership Journal, Summer 2003
Preacher in the Hands of an Angry Church
Jonathan Edwards's church kicked him out after 23 years of ministry, but the crisis proved his greatness was not merely intellectual.
by Chris Armstrong
Leadership Journal, Winter 2003
My Big Fat Greek Church Family
I went to a Wedding and found a new hero.
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Leadership Journal, Winter 2003
Why Sam Goes to Church
A newborn and his born-again, unwed mother found family in a ghetto church.
by Anne LaMott
Leadership Journal, Winter 2003
The New Needy
In today's uncertain economy, the people in need are well dressed, laid off, and struggling with a hefty mortgage. How does a church help?
by Lynne M. Thompson
Leadership Journal, Fall 2002
Sunday Nights at the Round Table
Interactive format provides sermon feedback, builds community.
by Drew Zahn
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
My Post-Pastoral Degree
Five things I've learned since leaving the pulpit.
by Mark Galli
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
They Live Together and Attend Your Church
What do you do when you're confronted with the cohabiting?
by Chris Stinnet
Leadership Journal, Spring 2002
Teaching A Church To Pray
Steps to vital, life–giving times of group prayer.
by Daniel Henderson
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Mary Heart, Martha Brain
How can I focus on one thing—prayer—when so many things need to be done?
by Kathy Callahan-Howell
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Managing a Meandering Mind
Turn your distractions into God-directed dialogue.
by Brad Preston
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Beyond "Prayer Requests"
You'd have thought I'd just cussed by the way the mouths around the table soundlessly fell open.
by Wayne Jacobsen
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Rehearsing the Covenant
A church finds God's leadership in the routine of prayer.
by Adam Hamilton
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Killer Church Fight
What we're learning from the church that breathed fresh wind into prayer meeting.
by Mark Tabb
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Round the Clock Prayer
At IHOP, prayer is 24/7.
by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
A-maze-ing Prayer
The labyrinth offers ancient meditation for today's hurried souls.
by Dan Kimball
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
"Leave Room for God"
Facing death teaches Ed Dobson and his church about the life of prayer.
interview by the Leadership editors
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Blood Mountain
How four days on the Appalachian Trail changed my view of ministry.
by Andy A. Cook
Leadership Journal, Fall 2001
Putting Feet to Your Prayers
Ways to keep your church's prayer life focused and fresh.
by Dee Duke
Leadership Journal, Summer 2000
Succeeding Failure
How do you pastor after three fallen predecessors?
by Douglas Klein
Leadership Journal, Spring 2000
The Church Bizarre
Learning to appreciate the crazy things seminary could never prepare you for.
by Dane Aaker
Leadership Journal, Winter 2000
Every Part Is an "I"
How will the Body function in an age of rising individualism?
by Lyle Schaller
Leadership Journal, Fall 1999
Whatever Happened to Prayer Meeting?
We can't climb higher if no one's holding the ladder.
by Ben Patterson
Leadership Journal, Fall 1999
10 Rules for Respect
One way to build trust.
by Charles W. Christian
Leadership Journal, Summer 1999
For Her Eyes Only
Women view your church through different lenses than men. What do they see?
by Linda Riley
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Lice, Fleas, and Snakes
And other natural wonders seminary doesn't prepare you for.
by David C. Carson
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Amazing Grace-filled Gossip
Biblical community is created by what the church hears and how the church talks. An interview with author Kathleen Norris.
by Mark Galli and Dave Goetz
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Atmospheric Influences
The Bible describes invisible currents that steer God's people.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
7 Ways to Rate Your Church
Your congregation's spiritual environment can be tested.
by Leith Anderson
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
The High Turnover Church
How do you create community when it appears you're pastoring a parade?
by David Pederson
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
The Judas Touch
Struck by embezzlement, one church's story of blending forgiveness and restitution.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Even Pillars Can Bend
How to help the stiffer saints loosen up and embrace young people.
by D. Z. Cofield
Leadership Journal, Summer 1998
"We Should Be Growing"
Three experts offer help for a church that has worked hard without harvest.
by Name Withheld
Leadership Journal, Spring 1998
Creating a Singles-Friendly Sermon
How to preach to 40 percent of today's adults.
by Susan Maycinik
Leadership Journal, Fall 1997
Shading the Truth?
How to develop a more honest congregation.
by Jim Abrahamson
Leadership Journal, Summer 1997
What Does a Healthy Church Look Like?
Finally, a complete guide to the vibrant, vital, dynamic, empowered, totally awesome, and really, really robust church. A two-part article.
Leadership Journal, Summer 1997
Outbreak!
How to stop a virus from spreading in your church.
by Peter Steinke
Leadership Journal, Summer 1997
Where Healing Belongs
Psychologist Larry Crabb wants to return soul care to the local church.
interview by Leadership Editors
Leadership Journal, Spring 1997
Why I Don't Train Leaders from Malinta, Ohio.
Not every congregation is eager to be unleashed.
by David Coffin
Leadership Journal, Fall 1996
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