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The purpose of this series is to offer some basic “entry points” for beginning to explore your Minimum Factor graph. This post is for those whose Minimum Factor is Inspiring Worship Service. Two initial points need to be made. First, all the questions relate to the degree to which the worship...
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I am convinced that a fair percentage of male clergy treat the health of their church the same way as they treat their own health. The NCD process has made this link very apparent. I wrote the following allegory for an NCD National Conference back in 2004. Not surprisingly things haven’t much...
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As a child I spent hundreds of hours playing with Lego. Out of my large suitcase of mixed blocks and colours came houses, tractors, people and various unidentifiable but lovingly crafted clumps of creativity. A couple of years back, I had the pleasure of visiting LegoLand in Denmark in between some...
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It’s common these days for words to end up attracting a meaning that is the opposite of what was originally intended. “Wicked” for some now means “fantastic” and something can be both “cool” and “hot” depending on the crowd you’re with. It might come as a surprise that the Church has been at this...
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Anglicans in many different parts of the world have engaged with Natural Church Development since it was launched in the mid to late 1990s. For some it has been for the purpose of growing their church, for others it has been about personal growth. Some Anglicans have come and stayed, tracking with...
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The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Proverbs 18:21) If you want to kill your church – or just make it sick – then here is a sure fire way to go about it: When you have to speak publically, do not give any thought to the effect your words will have...
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Temporary Suspension of Gravity! Such news would be plastered across headlines of newspapers world wide. Regular broadcasting would be interrupted to capture the effect of such amazing news. The very principle of gravity, thought to be always and continuously applying, suddenly and inexplicably...
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My son is doing an assignment about the appointment process and changes of officers. He was wondering if I could offer him thoughts on how NCD and Corps profiles could help TSA find new leaders for a corps when Officers are moved on? I offered the following suggestions: NCD could help in the...
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Proverbs 27:12 (NIV) 12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. Improving the health of a church requires that leaders be prudent. It is important that they see danger coming and take appropriate steps to avoid it, minimize it, or implement an action...
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Proverbs 13:10 (NIV) 10 Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. Proverbs 13:10 (NLT) 10 Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise. If you are a newly-arrived pastor one sure way of stirring up the troops (members) is to give the impression...
