The Business of Church
There is a distinctly business-like aspect to overseeing a church: churches have assets to manage, employees to pay, and members who rightfully demand accountability for their financial contributions....
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From Vision to Execution
Bob Feitl Wherever you go today, everyone is talking about vision. Vision is the current buzzword. It’s the discussion in boardrooms, in executive offices and in management-consulting firms. It’s the...
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Changing Hats: Moving from Business to the Executive Pastor Role
Dr. David Fletcher Every year at the XP-Seminar, I ask “how many of you came from the business world?” In 2005, I asked the question and about 25% of the XPs raised their hands. By 2008 when I asked...
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From Executive to XP: Mary Jammerman at Woodinville Alliance Church
Dr. David Fletcher In 2000, and after only a few months without a Senior Pastor, Woodinville Alliance Church made a “coup” in the pastor-hiring category. In 2004, Mary began as Executive Pastor at...
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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Strangers in A Strang Land: The Corporate Refugee
John Mrazek We are truly “strangers in a strange land.” In Robert A. Heinlein’s Hugo Award winning science fiction novel by that title, the main character Valentine Michael Smith returns to Earth as an...
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Leading with a Business and a Ministry Response
John Purcell Here’s the situation. Your giving to the general fund is down, not to mention missions and other special giving. Some of your people are losing their jobs, and many others are in fear of...
View ArticleExecutive Pastors’ Perception of Leadership and Management Competencies...
Readers: Brad J. Waggoner (Chairperson) & Dennis E. Williams, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary This dissertation examines leadership and management competencies of Southern Baptist...
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Executive Pastor or Administrator
Dr. David Fletcher The 5 Functions Show the DifferenceAn examination of hundred of responses to the Executive Pastor Indicator (which has become the People Patterns Indicator) documented some of the...
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