#vision

Shareholders or Stakeholders?

When a church takes its stakeholders seriously – and not just its shareholders – the circle of ministry grows and becomes stronger. Real...

Imaginative Risk Taking In Canadian Congregations

Our Flourishing Congregations Institute research team—based at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta—spent April to June 2016...

“Can You Imagine A Church Where….”

I don’t know about you but sometimes I forget why I got into this in the first place. Sometimes I find I can lose my way and get focused...

The Attributes of Strong Leadership & Tilling the Soil

Jim Collins writes that it’s not just good leadership that moves organizations or communities toward excellence, but “Level Five...

Transforming your Church

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God (be...

Ebb and Flow Decision Making*

Congregations within our Baptist family lean towards one of two poles while making decisions. Some elect leaders to give spiritual...

“Thinking One Can”: Believing Your Congregation Can Flourish

Do you remember the children’s book The Little Engine that Could? The story was first published over 100 years ago in a curriculum for...

The Church as a City of Refuge

This June, my wife and I visited the village of La Chambon sur Lignon, in the mountains of France near the borders of Switzerland and...

God Doesn't Always Say ‘Go’!

I’m a pretty active guy. Can’t sit still. Always on the go. So, I love preaching Genesis 12:1 and Matthew 28:19! These verses provide...

Canadian Church Leaders Speak Out on Vision

Who’s responsible for vision in the church? How do you create and communicate vision? What difference does vision make? Through a recent...