Doug Akers Uses Profiles in Church Consulting “LifeWay deals directly with over 40,000 churches,” says Doug Akers, speaking of the Nashville-TN-based leading provider of Bibles, curriculum, books, audio/visual and Christian resources. That’s a lot of churches. Doug serves as Lifeway’s lead church consultant, helping to equip teams across the U.S. to maximize their ministry. Leading…
Read MoreGod Builds Ministry Using our Differences Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. Conflict between Christ-followers takes various forms. It is not always destructive. Consider the conflict between Paul and Barnabas, a formidable ministry team. The two had completed Paul’s first missionary journey (planting new churches and leading many to…
Read MoreLead Your Team through the Profile, Part 5: Checklist for Communicating How Your Team Can Use Words to Build Up, Not Tear Down This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their LFYS profiles. For You To Think About “Death and life are in the power of…
Read MoreLead Your Team through the Profile, Part 4: Value to the Team This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About In what way does each member bring value to your team? Your team members fulfill two different functions: (1)…
Read MoreLead Your Team Through the Profile, Part 3: Process Your Team Members’ Strengths This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About Each person has natural strengths. Natural strengths are an individual’s unique ways of going about the tasks of…
Read MoreBy Gary Warkentin, Effective Ministry Teams We often hear of teams dealing with adversity, particularly athletic teams. Interviews with sports figures describe how their team overcame hard times to win. The responses generally include sticking together as a team, not giving up, and not losing sight of the goal. Many say that adversity has also…
Read MoreLead Your Team through the Profile, Part 2: Activity to Understand Differences This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About When you are first introduced to a new co-worker, you may recognize a strength set and style different from…
Read MoreLead Your Team through the Profile, Part 1: Group Devotional God Made Us to Complete Each Other, Not Compete With Each Other For You To Think About In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul uses a word picture to describe healthy relationships: the human body. Like He does elsewhere in scripture, God provides us with…
Read MoreDuring the 40+ years as a lead pastor, Jimmy McLeod discovered his special abilities in counseling individuals and conducting support groups, later honing those skills by becoming a board certified pastoral counselor. Today, Jimmy counsels individuals, couples, and families full-time at Becomer Counseling Services, and also consults with churches, community groups, and service organizations. The…
Read MoreACE South Africa CEO Graham Yoko was first drawn to the Leading From Your Strengths profiles when listening to a Focus on the Family radio interview with Dr. John Trent, profile co-creator. “I have always been passionate about people finding their ‘groove’ in life,” says Graham. “This sounded like a tool that I could…
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