Fall 2004

A multi-ethnic movement to reach leaders of the next generation.

There’s nothing virtual about e-conflict.

Parched and hurting, I stood alone.

Bad news: 95% experience conflict. Good news: 94% report positive results.

Tragedies are inevitable but never expected. When the next one occurs, will your church be strengthened or shattered?

The Leadership Forum

4 spiritual disciplines to keep fights from scarring your soul.

A nasty outburst led to a more constructive approach for those difficult confrontations.

Our small-group follow-up is faster and more frequent.

After two failed attempts, I asked a pro to lead the meeting. Here’s what he did.

Insights on leading and being the church.

How are you connecting with your church and community in cyberspace?

Is the next Great Awakening happening on the Internet? Personal weblogs are the new big tent.

Would I ever learn to keep my comments about church antagonists to myself?

This church had been stalking its pastors for generations. Now it was time to stop.

Amid political tensions, when is a pastor to speak out and when to refrain?

After the music wars, the map has changed. How shall we navigate?

Plus: Top 25 Worship Songs

They’re today’s non-seekers, who’ve seen Christianity and think they have reasons for rejecting it.

4 ways I’m learning to guide artists.

The complainers place me in an awkward position, seeking God on their behalf when I’d rather give them the boot.

A thriving church sank, not because it hit an iceberg, but because of six leadership mistakes afterward.

When one member stonewalls growth and outreach, what is a church to do?

Protestants no longer dominant religious group by year’s end.

Connect with people whose motto is Love me, love my car.