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The Comfortable Life – The 7th Danger of Denominational Work

Posted by David
2012-08-30
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
Here’s the 7th Danger of Denominational Work in our list. Only one more to go after this–but #7 is a “doosey!” 7. The” comfortable life.” In some ways the...
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A Video Tour of Headquarters and Overview of our Divisions

Posted by David
2012-08-23
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
The Techology Show guys had me on Wednesday in order to give them a video tour of the Wesleyan headquarters, and a bit of an overview of the activity...
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Why I’m a Wesleyan

Posted by David
2012-08-22
in The Wesleyan Church, Theology
Some have asked, through the years, as to why I’m a Wesleyan. I’m a Christian before (and after, and whilst) I’m a Wesleyan. But I choose to be Wesleyan...
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Any Given Sunday – What Wesleyans were Preaching on 19 August 2012

Posted by David
2012-08-21
in Monday (Communication), Preaching, The Wesleyan Church
I asked this simple question on “Wesleyan Pastors” on Facebook: It was crazy to see how many pastors commented on this so quickly. (One might suggest that a great...
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Communicating Distinctives – Is it Possible to be Unique & Simple at the Same Time?

Posted by David
2012-08-20
in Monday (Communication), The Wesleyan Church
Here are two competing maxims of leadership: On the one hand, we are told: Simplicity rules. Portable is memorable. Complexity confuses. So KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid. However, we...
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Wasteful Management… Yet Another Danger of Denominational Work

Posted by David
2012-08-16
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
I’ve been taking a look at the dangers of denominational work, which my father outlined back in the early 80s. Last time we talked about the temptation of getting absorbed with...
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Overestimating Your Influence – Another Danger of Denominational Work (Part 4)

Posted by David
2012-07-12
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
In another installment of our series on dangers of denominational work, we have the idea of over-estimating the influence of your denominational leadership. As a leader sometimes there is...
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Myth: Thinking Departmental Growth Equals Church Growth – Dangers of Denominational Work Revisited, Part 3

Posted by David
2012-07-5
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
In my transition from local church leadership to Denominational work I’m posting on  Thursdays for my leadership article revisiting a letter my Dad wrote in 1981. So far I’ve...
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An Open Letter to Groundswell and a Call For Input

Posted by David
2012-06-13
in Personal, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
Hello, Groundswellians. If you don’t know what that means, Groundswell was a Facebook forum created in 2011 which ran through June 2012, a key General Conference in the Wesleyan...
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2012 Wesleyan General Conference Session 1 Wrap-Up

Posted by David
2012-06-6
in The Wesleyan Church
If you are wondering what happened at General Conference 2012 — one of the best ways to get up to date is to watch the wrap-up videos from  each...
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