Tag: leadership

• Small Groups are Key to Church Unity

  Looking back at the hundred-or-so conflicted congregations with whom I have been called to consult over the last couple of decades, here is an important observation: only a small handful (or so) of them had a strong small group ministry. The vast majority of them either had no small group ministry or they had a…

  Blake

  April 7, 2016

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Genuine Community, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  Christian, church, doctrine, formation, friendship, leadership, relationships, small groups, Spiritual, transformation, unity

• Love the Porcupines…Quills and All

  …the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater…

  Blake

  August 20, 2015

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, conflict, Corinthians, Forgiveness, I Corinthians 12, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  1 Corinthians 12, body, church, high-maintenance, leadership, love, negative, pastor, people, porcupines, projects, relationships, Rick Warren

• The Lies of a Generation

  …the devil… He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 At Christian Unity Ministries much of the conflict we face…

  Blake

  June 4, 2015

  5 Principles of Unity, Genuine Community, leadership, millennials, The Church’s Influence

  authenticity, Baby Boomers, charisma, church, competence, generations, John 8, leadership, lies, millennials, morality, truth