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When Hiring a Worship Pastor …
Greg Atkinson This article is for Senior Pastors and Executive Pastors that are involved in the hiring process. For some of you, you’ve been there, done that and have some great insight to share with...
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The XP Mentoring Checklist
Dr. Nathan Baxter One of the greatest privileges of serving as an Executive Pastor is the opportunity we have to come alongside men and women and help them develop in their leadership. The first few...
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Being a Leader vs. Being a Boss
Stacey Campbell This article is not about politics. Really, it’s not. In fact, some of the information in this article is probably not even accurate because it presents extreme pictures of two people...
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Dealing With Guardian Ad-Litem Requests and Custody Cases: When Divorce...
Rob Cizek Nothing pains like divorce … especially when children are involved. While divorce is a family matter, it can spill into the workplace through child custody disputes. This can be quite...
View ArticleSimple Church: Don’t Box Me In
Ever have one of those staff meetings when it feels like an explosion went off in the room? It can be quite unsettling, to say the least. We were a purpose-driven church that was driven to get and...
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Co-Senior Pastors: A New Wave of Church Leadership?
Dr. David Fletcher Today I received an email from a Lead Pastor about something that we will talk about at the 2012 XP-Seminar … “I wanted to get your thoughts on a new structure that I have heard a...
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To XP or Not to XP? That is the Question! at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church
Dr. David Fletcher When was the last time that the President of the United States attended the dedication of your Youth Education Center? When was the last time that the President quoted your Senior...
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Developmental Paradigms for Leaders
Drew Gentile My developmental paradigm for leaders is assess, challenge and support. The threefold paradigm of assess, challenge and support comes from The Handbook of Leadership Development (McCauley,...
View ArticleThe Senior Pastor & Executive Pastor Team
The emergence of the executive pastor (EP) as an accepted member of the pastoral staff in larger churches has only recently been the subject of limited formal study. Deployed for over 20 years, many...
View ArticleThe Color of Leadership
Thoughts from Pastor Steve Holt and Pastor Daniel Rolfe Steve I planted Mountain Springs Church in 1994 with no start up team, little cash, a slap on the back, and an “atta boy,” “go get’em” from our...
View ArticleMoving from Secular to Sacred Employment
Working as a Town Planner, my work often varied and was rewarding as I helped shape and establish existing and new communities. After thirteen years and working for four different local government...
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Perception Equals Reality: A Lesson from A Church’s First Executive Pastor
Garrett Lafferty “Had I known then what I know now!” How many times have you heard that famous phrase? Hindsight truly is 20/20, but normally we do not get to enjoy it, unless we learn from others who...
View ArticleA Different Church Organizational Strcuture
The following is a work in progress—we don’t know yet whether this paradigm is working or not—there are some confusing issues for the employees. As the Executive Pastor of our church, (a non...
View ArticleThe Multiple Staff Relationship
The vast majority of churches have only one pastor, but increasingly there are churches with multiple staffs. With this in mind let me talk first about the role of the senior pastor followed by...
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The Need for the Executive Pastor
Dr. David Fletcher The following pages are a little technical, so beware! They are not in a paperback, mass-merchandising form. You will find in them a careful and thoughtful presentation on the need...
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Mega-Churches Introduced the Title of Senior Pastor
Dr. David Fletcher The Position of the “Senior Pastor” As churches grew, the pastor began to have a new adjective placed in the position title, differentiating leader from subordinates. While it may...
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Strengthen Your Staff
Dr. David Fletcher One of the most frequent issues that people bring to me is about staff: This one guy isn’t performing, imagine that! This woman is hard to get along with … How can we find the right...
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The Hidden Step in Hiring: Interview the Spouse
Dr. David Fletcher In my career, I have hired dozens and dozens of pastors, ministry directors and church workers. There are huge differences between hiring people in each one of these categories. To...
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Sutton Turner from Mars Hill at the 2013 XP-Seminar
Sutton Turner Sutton Turner, XP of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, will lead a “Short Ride” at the 2013 XP-Seminar. He is brining “a number” of the XPs from Mars Hill with him, one per campus … Mars Hill...
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