http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/blogs/ministry/ Ministry Mindset – Guest Blog en-us Copyright © 2009 Virgo Publishing, Inc. by Casey GrahamI have noticed a trend in churches: The executive pastor (XP) gets fired a lot. I don&#8217;t have stats, but I talk with 50 to 100 churches a month, and it is a trend. Here are my observations as to why this happens. (By the way, I am usually one of the safe people the pastor calls to ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog?a=5z6StRgl4fo:VIVG04fpXqU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog/~4/5z6StRgl4fo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog/~3/5z6StRgl4fo/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:48:24 PDT http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/blogs/ministry/?m=art&a=why-the-executive-pastor-gets-fired.html By Joy SkjegstadAll around the United States, congregations are reaching out to their neighbors with creative community ministry programs. Churches are providing after-school and job training programs, developing affordable housing, offering medical care, opening day care centers, and distributing food and clothing, among many other outreach efforts. In my experience, getting congregation members involved in community ministry programs is the ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog?a=wlHkVVlc6bk:cCX_D-VINfo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog/~4/wlHkVVlc6bk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog/~3/wlHkVVlc6bk/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:04:57 PDT http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/blogs/ministry/?m=art&a=engaging-congregation-in-community-ministry.html Most leaders in ministry love people, as we should. So when we have to make difficult leadership decisions, with what do we make them? Do we use our hearts or our heads? Most people use their hearts. Having a compassionate heart is a wonderful thing in ministry. But when the decision to be made is regarding leadership, whatever you do ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog?a=gOupfIAiJVQ:uLB9csJoz-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog/~4/gOupfIAiJVQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryMindsetGuestBlog/~3/gOupfIAiJVQ/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:52:50 PDT http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/blogs/ministry/?m=art&a=leadership-decisions-head-or-heart.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:48:24 PDT Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT