What does it mean to be a church leader? This article explains five things that are crucial for healthy church leadership: understand your role, love what you do, have proper training, value teamwork, and be proactive.
Is the celebrity culture influencing how the church thinks about church leadership? This article argues that the church has been influenced, and this emerges in how the church chooses its leaders more according to giftedness than godliness. The author explains why this is a problem, and points to a better way to find leaders.
What should church leadership be like? This article examines concepts portrayed by two terms, servant leadership and leading servant.
What should church leadership look like? This article first discusses New Testament terms for church leaders, such as apostles, elders, and deacons, and then explains that elders are called to rule God's church, and should be men, not women.
Is there a relationship between economics and church leadership? If you see economics as stewardship, then there are some lessons to take from economics. An economically wise church leadership requires that out of all the ministry opportunities before you, allocate your limited resources to the most effective ministry opportunities.
This article is about the study of church leadership in Hebrews 13:17-19. Studies on leadership in Hebrews are not abundant. The author wants to highlight some of the important characteristics of church leadership that he demonstrates from the book of Hebrews.
How do we move from the Bible to formulating theology? This article believes that a study of good examples may help to prevent the exercise from becoming purely theoretical. The author uses John Calvin to present an example of how one person made such a move. In particular he uses Calvin’s implicit approach to church leadership and in particular church government. This article wants to understand how Calvin moved from the Bible to practice and then compares it to contemporary models.
