Leadership Journal

Fall 2003

The Calling

Volume 24

Winter 2004
Summer 2003

It's high, holy, and hard!

Articles in this Issue

Currents Shaping My Church: Has Your Church Jumped the Shark?

David and Angie Ward

Leadership lessons from Fonzie’s waterskiing feat.

Called to What?

Erwin McManus, Glenn Wagner, and Leith Anderson

A Leadership Forum

God’s Calling Plan

So what exactly is a call to ministry?

Rescuing the Search

Mark Lauterbach

At Offering Time, My Job Is on the Line

George R. Cannon, Jr.

When your congregation’s financial ‘inferiority’ causes problems for your bank account.

Jilted Again

Bob Myers

Candidating means you gotta handle rejection.

My Church’s inferiority Complex

Peter Youmans

How one congregation traded the poor little us mindset for new confidence.

Sermon Workshop: Power in the Punch Line

How distilling your messages makes them more potent.

Currents Shaping My Soul: Why Do They Love/Hate Me?

Kevin A. Miller

Attitudes toward a pastor emerge from deep, dark sources.

Thinking Global

Daniel Henderson

When the pastor becomes a missions force, the whole church is affected.

The Fine Art of Rejuvenation

Heidi Husted, Roberta Hestenes, and Jim Coyl

How 3 leaders renew the call when they’re confused, tired, or just plain mad.

Inside Preaching

M. Craig Barnes

Currents Shaping Our World: The Purpose-Driven BestSeller

With information from USA Today and LeadershipJournal.net

Devotional tops secular charts, and your church is reading it.

Vic’s War

David Hansen

50 years after a regrettable bombing raid, a vet ends his silence … because a pastor knew what to ask, and when.

I Actually Like Elders Meetings!

Keith Mannes

One question changed my tune and taught me to move in step with them.

Tired of Playing It Safe in Ministry?

John Jackson

This “pastorpreneur” heard a higher (and harder) calling.

Growing Edge Book Review: Why Words Follow Works

Kathy Callahan-Howell

When explosive evangelism fizzles and servant evangelism doesn’t work, what’s next?

When Your Wife Resents Your Call

Linda Riley

A disconnect at home has a variety of causes.

Helping Others Answer the Call

An interview with Maxie Dunnam

Your response to those who feel called may affect the future course of their ministry. An interview with Maxie Dunnam

Currents: In Search of Spiritual Community

A conversation with Carmen Renee Berry

A converstation with Carmen Renee Berry

How We Tamed the Big List

Grant McDowell

Are your to dos too long?

How Pastors Rate as Leaders

Eric Reed and Collin Hansen

Leadership surveys pastors and their congregations.

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