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Five tools Saddleback uses to develop spiritual maturity
by Rick Warren
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At Saddleback we're concerned about more than just growing the church numerically; we want to see our members grow spiritually as well. In the past 27 years we've used five main tools to help our members become more Christ-like. I believe they'll be helpful to your church as well. [more]
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Four different hats all leaders must learn to wear
by Stan Toler and Alan Nelson
We need to wear many hats as church leaders. One of the keys to leading is to know what hat to put on when. In this article Stan Toler and Alan Nelson share four particular hats we need to wear from time to time.
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| Life's Healing Choices |
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| John Baker (Howard Books, 2007) |
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Written by Saddleback's own John Baker, this book focuses on eight life-changing choices that help us overcome the hurts, habits, and hang-ups that keep us from discovering and living out God's unique purpose for our lives. In addition to the practical, biblical wisdom contained in the book, there are also two testimonies in each chapter that help illustrate the choices. It's a great book to provide for people in your church who need to deal with sin addictions, and a great way to introduce them to the principles behind Celebrate Recovery.
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"Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is get some sleep." - Rick Warren
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"'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.'"
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Deuteronomy 10:11 (NIV)
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The NeXt Bible - If you’re looking for a good online Bible with strong study notes, we recommend this one.
2007 Global Summit on AIDS and the Church - Come and find out how your church can stop the spread of AIDS around the world at the 2007 Global Summit on AIDS and the Church. This is the only event that joins church leaders and members together with faith-based organizations and experts from public and private sectors. You won't want to miss it!
Inexpensive church TV commercials - For many churches, your primary ministry field is within a few miles of your church. Now that digital cable television has arrived, you have a unique opportunity to promote your ministries, and amazingly, it can be affordable to almost any size church.
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Tennessee church races to spiritual maturity
- Manda Gibson
Eight leadership lessons from an admiral
- Barry C. Black
Rick Warren’s podcast lets pastors learn from each other
- Manda Gibson
How your church can do a Night of Worship
- Manda Gibson
How to increase the small group connection at your church
- Steve Gladen
Unlikely servants
- Mary Southerland
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”Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig.”
- Paul Dickson
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
"God is great, and therefore he will be sought: He is good, and therefore he will be found."
- John Jay, First Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Children in divorced families tend to do better in joint custody – either physical or legal – than those who live and interact with just one parent, says a major study by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Researcher Robert Bauserman says children in joint custody have fewer behavioral and emotional problems, and have higher self-esteem, better family relations and better school performance than children in sole custody.
- Source: Reported by Karen S. Peterson in USA Today
“We cannot take the approach that we just need to teach people the classic spiritual disciplines, assuming that a person already has a developed center. We must use spiritual disciplines to help people form the center.”
- Reggie McNeal in The Present Future (Jossey-Bass, 2003)
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