Thursday, June 24, 2010
Weekly News Update - June 24, 2010
Read the latest weekly news update from Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association here.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
News Update - 6/17/2010
Read the latest weekly news update from Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association here.
The Leadership Opportunity
Leadership and Conflict: Interwoven Threads
In every sphere of life—home, work, family, and especially the church—leadership really matters.
As we all know, leadership is hard, but it is perhaps most challenging in those moments where leadership and conflict intersect. If you’re a leader, you often sit at the center of conflict—those times when tension surfaces in a leaders’ meeting, when you are managing a difficult change, or when the angry couple is sitting in your office.
And leaders don’t just see other people’s conflicts—at some time or other, every leader has inadvertently caused a conflict through an unpopular decision, poor communication, or even one careless word. Even in the healthiest churches, conflict and leadership are interwoven threads.
The Leader’s Response
When conflict threatens to shake the foundations of your church, wise leadership can hold your church together, creating a solid structure that can withstand the forces of damaging conflict. However, all too often, leaders default to worldly solutions by avoiding or attacking, and they end up standing by as the building crumbles. Compounding this problem is the recent unhealthy infiltration of corporate thinking into church leadership—the “results over relationships” approach may sound good, but it actually adds to the damage.
Conflict provides an opportunity for the church leader to respond in a way that is markedly different—living out the gospel of Jesus Christ in those critical moments when conflict and leadership intersect.
A Biblical Alternative
While many worthwhile resources on leadership exist, The Leadership Opportunity stands alone in addressing this distinct area of conflict and leadership. Based on over 25 years of work with churches and church leaders and as part of a larger family of resources for churches, The Leadership Opportunity is a solidly biblical resource, providing highly practical help for the common conflicts that all leaders face. It was created by church leaders for church leaders, and it will help any church lay the solid foundation of leadership needed in order to build a culture of peace.
FREE copies of a promo DVD introducing this resource are available at the associational office.
In every sphere of life—home, work, family, and especially the church—leadership really matters.
As we all know, leadership is hard, but it is perhaps most challenging in those moments where leadership and conflict intersect. If you’re a leader, you often sit at the center of conflict—those times when tension surfaces in a leaders’ meeting, when you are managing a difficult change, or when the angry couple is sitting in your office.
And leaders don’t just see other people’s conflicts—at some time or other, every leader has inadvertently caused a conflict through an unpopular decision, poor communication, or even one careless word. Even in the healthiest churches, conflict and leadership are interwoven threads.
The Leader’s Response
When conflict threatens to shake the foundations of your church, wise leadership can hold your church together, creating a solid structure that can withstand the forces of damaging conflict. However, all too often, leaders default to worldly solutions by avoiding or attacking, and they end up standing by as the building crumbles. Compounding this problem is the recent unhealthy infiltration of corporate thinking into church leadership—the “results over relationships” approach may sound good, but it actually adds to the damage.
Conflict provides an opportunity for the church leader to respond in a way that is markedly different—living out the gospel of Jesus Christ in those critical moments when conflict and leadership intersect.
A Biblical Alternative
While many worthwhile resources on leadership exist, The Leadership Opportunity stands alone in addressing this distinct area of conflict and leadership. Based on over 25 years of work with churches and church leaders and as part of a larger family of resources for churches, The Leadership Opportunity is a solidly biblical resource, providing highly practical help for the common conflicts that all leaders face. It was created by church leaders for church leaders, and it will help any church lay the solid foundation of leadership needed in order to build a culture of peace.
FREE copies of a promo DVD introducing this resource are available at the associational office.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Social Networking in Ministry Workshop
July 13, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
CSBC Ministry Resource Center, 678 E. Shaw Avenue
Purpose: Teach church leaders strategies and processes for effective Kingdom use of social media in ministry. Attention will be given to Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, blogs, and other media that can be utilized for effective ministry.
Register here.
July 13, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
CSBC Ministry Resource Center, 678 E. Shaw Avenue
Purpose: Teach church leaders strategies and processes for effective Kingdom use of social media in ministry. Attention will be given to Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, blogs, and other media that can be utilized for effective ministry.
Register here.
Monday, June 14, 2010
View live video from SBC annual meeting
"LoveLoud through the Great Commission" (1 John 3:18) is the theme for the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, June 15-16.
Live video streaming is available for each session of the 2010 Pastors’ Conference and SBC Annual Meeting.
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