In this week’s Top 10 list, Chuck Lawless writes a sobering post entitled 6 Reasons Why Some Pastors May Resign Soon After The COVID Crisis. Because I care about pastors and church leaders in transition (their choice or not), make sure you check out Chemistry Staffing’s Church Job Seeker Bootcamp by clicking HERE or on the image provided. Whether you’ve just lost your church staff position or you are just now starting to feel led to look for future ministry opportunities, this Bootcamp will help you prepare for your next season of ministry. From creating a killer resume, to improving your interviewing skills and negotiating the best salary package, you’ll learn from Chemistry’s founders, connect with fellow ministry job seekers, and sharpen your skills in this six-week journey to future ministry clarity and success. Check it out.
Before getting to this week’s Top 10 list, the following are last week’s posts from this site:
- 10 Books All Leaders Should Read During The Summer Of 2020 went viral!!! Make sure you check out these great resources!
- 19 Leadership Lessons For Anyone Who Is Bitter, Angry, Whining, or Thinks You’ve Been Treated Bad or Given A Raw Deal In Life. This July 4th weekend you need to watch the 6-minute video contained in this post… and you will never complain again!
- 7 Benefits To A Layoff, Pause, Halt, Interruption Or Break In Your Life
- 5 Things You Need For Your Church, Business, Non-Profit or Athletic Organization To Have A Breakthrough
- The #1 Most Important Ingredient To Having A Healthy Organizational Culture
- 6 Steps If You Want To Get Hired At Your Next Ministry Position
Now as promised, the following are The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of June 15th:
- 5 Lessons I’ve Learned Leading Through Church Mergers by Paul Alexander
- 5 Reopening Phase Church Growth Tactics by Rich Birch
- I’m DONE! (Some Insights About Wearing A Mask) by Kurt Bubna
- 3 Leadership Tools That Can Produce Disastrous Results by Scott Cochrane
- Why You Need To Win This Next Spiritual Battle by Brandon A. Cox
- Happy Are Those Who Mourn by Derwin Gray via LifewayVoices.com
- Two Sadly Forgotten Elements Of Powerful Preaching by Brandon Kelly via RookiePreacher.com. Also check out Rookie Preacher’s The Intentional Pastor’s Toolkit. For only $30 you get time and energy tools, sermon planning tools, strategic planning tools, leadership development tools, and attendance and giving tools. Great offer for pastors!
- 6 Reasons Why Some Pastors May Resign Soon After The COVID Crisis by Chuck Lawless
- What Church Leaders Are (Really) Thinking In 2020 by Carey Nieuwhof. Just a magnificent post.
- A Leader’s Daily Dozen by Brett Powell
- ***BONUS*** Fathers Are The Answers To Family Struggles by Thomas McDaniels
That’s my Top 10 for the week. What other great posts did you read?
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