Leadership & Church Growth Resources
Leadership Development
- Lewis Center for Leadership - an organization that seeks to advance the understanding of Christian leadership andpromote the effective and faithful practice of Christian leadership in the church and the world.
- DNA Coaching - designing healthy systems to help people meet, know and serve Jesus.
- Leaderships Roles in the Local Church:
- The Alban Institute - an independent center for learning and leadership development with the focus on congregations.
- Sustaining Pastoral Excellence - Duke Divinity School
- The Parish Paper - Each monthly issue of The Parish Paper provides ideas,
insights, research-findings, and practical methods that strengthen the
effectiveness of congregations in accomplishing God’s purposes through
their various ministries. Click on the link to be directed to The Parish Paper index with downloadable files.
- Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations - a website with resources based on Bishop Robert Schnase's book by the same title.
- Leadership Nexus - an organization founded by Dr. Robert Pierson to provide resources that will empower the local church, equip the clergy and laity for leadership, and provide a network for peer learning
Emergent Church
- Emergent Village - missional Christians seeking to love our world in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
- Yahoo Group for Small Membership Churches - Forum for Arkansas small membership United Methodist Churches to share information, activities, ideas and questions about sharing the gospel in the smaller church settings.
