Leadership Development

Picture this: a group of pastors sitting around a table in the beautiful mountains of Granby, Colorado, sharing coffee, stories, and the kind of honest conversations that rarely happen in the busyness of ministry life. For four days, these church leaders stepped away from their daily responsibilities to invest in themselves, their calling, and each other.

One of the greatest legacies we can leave is to mentor the next generation of pastors, guiding them through the fears and uncertainties that attend the call.

Traditional models of pastoral placement often overlook a powerful truth: effective leadership grows from relationship, not just education.

I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges and struggles that pastors face on a daily basis. Never before have I seen such an epidemic of...

3 Steps to Developing Leaders The questions kept nagging him. He approached the Lord often in prayer, seeking wisdom and a solution to...

The British missionary Lesslie Newbigin went to India around 1950. There he was involved with a church living ‘in mission’ in a very...

Roy and Josh were stuck. They were at loggerheads. Months of chronic low-grade conflict had worn them down. Their best efforts to deal...

There are at least five reasons why the pastors of plateaued and declining churches should master the skills of assertive leadership. 1....

Framework Leadership: Position Yourself for Transformational Change ,  Kent Ingle In Framework Leadership , Kent Ingle creates a...

Training pastors in an intense, concentrated week. The Turnaround Pastors Boot Camp offers unique value because it combines reliable...

The last week of April 2016 was a milestone for Turnaround Pastors. Not only was it a blessed opportunity to serve pastors at our Boot...

Something’s cooking at Ronald’s House. Pastors who face the daunting task of leading a church turnaround might take a few tips from their...

Life’s most important lessons are often the costliest. They may cost suffering. They may cost time. They may cost failure. They may cost...

NOTE: The journey below was written before the publication of our book, Pastor Unique: Becoming a Turnaround Leader. Heck, we didn’t even...

Ever have this happen to you? You’ve just started at a new client church. It’s your first Sunday sermon before this congregation. The...

An interim pastor has it easier in one regard: the church hired you to accomplish one specific task. Your job, which you have chosen to...

The Birkman Method™ takes the guesswork out of building a great church staff! The light snapped on when he realized that “grabbing the...

Pastor Fred (not his real name) was excited, energized, and confident after attending a Turnaround Pastors Boot Camp . He learned what to...

A personal story – one that has the happy fortune of also being true! – illuminates why pastors and churches find it hard to answer this...