Our goal is healthy churches and Christian ministries. This means every member must take responsibility for the whole; every member must function actively and thoughtfully. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Eph. 4:16) To this [...]
Malcolm Webber
Leaders must be set apart for the work to which God has called them. Every leader was called to his ministry before the foundation of the world (cf. Eph. 1:4, Jer. 1:5, 2 Tim. 1:9) This calling then becomes known to the leader at some point in his life. For example, God revealed something of Paul’s calling to him at the time of his [...]
Malcolm Webber
Recently I read an article by Daniel Tillett: Ideas are not cheap. Daniel is a researcher and the article is about tech start-ups. But he makes some great points that are directly applicable to Christian leadership, ministry and leader development work: It is a cliché in the tech industry that startup ideas are cheap and all that matters [...]
Malcolm Webber
All leaders can improve in their leadership. In our previous Letter, we saw that we can help our leaders improve by overcoming the barrier between leaders and followers, by being realistic in our expectations of them, and by striving to understand them.
Malcolm Webber
At some point, most followers complain about their leaders. Some of the most common complaints are: • “My leader will not listen to me.” • “He will not encourage me.” • “He will not recognize my efforts.”
Malcolm Webber
Everything does not depend upon the leader. If our churches and Christian ministries are to be healthy, every member must take responsibility for the whole, functioning actively and thoughtfully.
Malcolm Webber
If our churches and Christian ministries are to be healthy, every member must take responsibility for the whole, functioning actively and thoughtfully. Our last two Letters examined the first five out of eleven characteristics of effective followers. We saw that healthy followers obey, encourage, take responsibility, give advice and [...]
Malcolm Webber
For our churches and Christian ministries to be healthy, every member must take responsibility for the whole; every member must function actively and thoughtfully. Our last Letter began to study eleven characteristics of effective followers. We saw that healthy followers obey, encourage and take responsibility. Here are the next two [...]
Malcolm Webber
In our last Letter we looked at five kinds of followers: the alienated follower, the conformist, the passive follower, the pragmatic survivor and the effective follower. This Letter will begin to study eleven characteristics of effective followers.
Malcolm Webber
The definition of a healthy human body is one in which all the parts function properly. If one part of the body does not function properly we consider the body to be sick or disabled. It is the same in the Body of Christ. For the church – or any Christian ministry or organization – to grow to maturity and to fulfill her purpose in God, [...]
Malcolm Webber