sectional meeting

I'm excited about our section pastors meeting tomorrow. I've asked 3 of my non-Assemblies of God pastors to sit on a panel and share from their experiences. All of these guys are pastoring growing churches in the Columbus area. They are great guys with a "Kingdom" mentality. I'm excited about the discussion and praying our pastors and leaders are able to glean from them.

sectional meeting

Today, we had some good discussion and thoughts as we closed out the book "7 Practices of Effective Ministry" by Andy Stanley. We covered the last 2 chapters of REPLACE YOURSELF & WORK ON IT. Here are a couple of the key points:
REPLACE YOURSELF -
- Everyone of us at some point will be replaced, we can fight it, or help raise up others and have a say in it.
- In order to move forward as organizations/ministries, we must raise up other leaders to do what we do.
- We do this by "breaking it down, handing it off, and letting it go.
- What are you currently doing now, that you can give away?
- What hinders you from replacing yourself?
WORK ON IT -
- We spend too much time working "in it" and not "on it"
- How much time do you spend to think and pray for the future?
- Create some margin in your life to "step back" and look ahead.