Leadership Journal

Winter 1981

Success & Church Growth

Volume 2

Spring 1981

The Leadership Journal archives contain over 35 years of issues. These archives contain a trove of pastoral wisdom, leadership skills, and encouragement for your calling.

Articles in this Issue

Something I Learned From Maxey Jarman

He built a billion-dolar corporation, but neither success nor failure were crucial to his interior life. He treated those two impostors just the same.

The Greening Of A Discussion Leader

Good discussions don’t just happen. Here’s how one leader started out and failed–but through trial and error discovered what makes discussion work.

What’s So Great About Success?

Before people decide on a full-time ministry, they must realize God may be calling him or her to a ministry of tedious mediocrity.

Success in Three Churches: Diversity and Originality

Tom Minnery reports on three churches that are radically different from one another, yet successful in light of their view of mission.

Why Are Session Meetings So Boring?

Maybe it’s not just a matter of poor leadership and weary volunteers yearning to go home…

Trauma and Betrayal

Experiences of Leadership Readers

MY CHOICE OF BOOKS

Stanley Long shares five books that are helping him in ministry.

CRITICISM: FROM STUMBLING BLOCK TO STEPPINGSTONE

We all feel wounded by a critic’s arrows, but they can become goads to progress.

Robert Schuller’s Irrepressible Legacy

Reflections from the life of a ministry pioneer.

LEADERSHIP FORUM

Church growth is a worthy goal, but is it a measuring stick for success? Observations from five church leaders.

Just an Associate Pastor

One man’s experience of the first few years after seminary–mortification and edification.

Good Pastors Don’t Make Churches Grow

One of the leading spokesmen of the church growth movement outlines what he believes increases the membership of a church.

The Passover Potluck

Returning meaning to the communion service.

To Build or Not to Build

No easy answers exist, but here are examples of congregations thoughtfully struggling to develop facilities without going bankrupt.

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