| pursueGOD.org

What Is the Role of Women in Ministry?

Churches today debate the role of women in ministry. Can they teach? Can they lead? What does the Bible say?

Step 4 Toward Recovery | Getting Real

In recovery, you need to get real with who you are and who you were.

Discipleship Infrastructure: Building Up Parents

The first component for building an infrastructure for a discipleship culture in your church starts in the home: parents need to be equipped to lead.

Moving Your Team Forward at Church

One of the most common frustrations among church leaders is the feeling of being “stuck”. In church after church, leader after leader experiences a gap between what they know needs to be done and what actually gets done.

Questions That Create Clarity (For Churches)

Most church leaders would agree that it’s important to create clarity for the people they lead. At the same time, few churches are able to create the kind of clarity that actually reaches everyone in the organization.

Learn the Difference between Helping and Doing

Great small group leaders know the difference between helping and doing.

Video Review: People Follow You

In this post we review Jeb Blount’s book, People Follow You – to better understand the difference between leading, managing, and coaching.

Video Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

In this post we review Steven Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – a classic in the field of leadership and personal effectiveness.

How to Start a Men’s Group at Church

Men should be leaders in church, not just dragged there by their wives. Men’s groups help you to establish that leadership core that can make a lasting impact.

Small Group Coaching Principle 3: Help Leaders Succeed

Wise coaches are mentors who use available tools to help group leaders grow in their pursuit of God and their ability to lead and reproduce their groups.

Small Group Coaching Principle 2: Assess Leaders and Groups

Small group leaders will thrive as coaches make discerning evaluations of their progress and help them plan for success.

Small Group Coaching Principle 1: Keep Leaders On Mission

Small group coaches help group leaders stay on target by continually reinforcing the essential discipleship mission of groups.

The Difference Between a Topic and a Series

All of the resources in the pursueGOD.org library are easily browsable by topic or series. But what’s the difference, and how do you use it all in a group setting?

Healthy Worship Team Expectations

Without expectations, a worship team will fall far short of what they are capable of. However, with too rigid or unrealistic expectations, a team will crumble. These simple steps will help you make sure you are not on either extreme.

Worship Team Conduct

One of the most important things a worship team can do is set up on and off-stage guidelines. Many people may have different expectations and ideas for how the worship team members should dress and act to even be up on stage. So, where do we draw the line?

Involving Others in Follow-up Conversations

Follow-up conversations outside of group meetings allow you to get specific with people’s needs. They are also a great opportunity to help others learn to lead – so don’t do all the follow-up yourself.

When Someone Drops a Bombshell in Your Group

Sometimes a member of a small group will drop a shocking, major bombshell on the group. There is no way to prepare in advance for a shock you don’t know is coming, but if you are flexible, your group can rise to the occasion to be used by God. Here’s how.