Catching up…Here’s What’s Been Happening…
Chinese airline may offer cheaper fares to passengers who stand New Gameshow Seeks to Convert Unbelievers Matt Redman is also moving to Atlanta to help Louie Giglio plant a church.. LifeChurch.tv Does it again! Chat in Real-time in 45 Languages Bet PETA wouldn't like this... A critique of 'attractional'... Incredible, yet something missing... Finally... An iPhone App that Let's You Know When it’s Safe to Pee... Prestonwood Pastor Jack Graham takes two month sabbatical; takes cancer surgery public... ORU will be totally debt free this fall... and without a Roberts at the helm... New Hope Hawaii is First Church in the Country to do LIVE Video Services to iPhone... What denomination has grown each of the last 19 years? PETA to Southern Baptists: Jesus Loves Chickens What the Church ISN'T... I particularly like #1 Steven Furtick on being a "Ministerial Skirt Chaser" Seth Godin on Risk and Reward... Good stuff Craig Groeschel interviews Rick Bezet New Study: Giving down at 40% of churches; 32% of church budgets increased When exactly IS free day at the Holy Land? Interesting SBC proposed resolutions... five having to do with Mark Driscoll!... Leave it to Guideposts to Give us an Inspiration Story of a Church and Their Pet-Friendly Service Interesting... EA Sports Hires People to Conduct Mock Christian Protest over Video Game 7 Common Housing Allowance Tax Mistakes for Ministers Interim Pastor from Ousted Southern Baptist Church: You missed an opportunity... Intersting... Was Michael Jackson a Christian? Do You Agree? Why Some Churches CANNOT Grow... Perry Noble: Seven Questions Leadership Teams Should Wrestle With Missouri Church Sells Fireworks this 4th of July to Fund Missions Trip... SAVE Prophetic Word about Michael Jackson, or Just Good Timing? Ministry CEO building $4 million lakefront home... 8 Reasons Churches Fail to Evangelize... Don't fall for the "Free Computers for Your Church" scam... 10 Things that are Harder than I Expected... Kirbyjon Starts TV Ministry... A Review of the new book "Falwell, Inc." TBN Pastor/Personality Gets Double DUI in California... 8 year old boy found dead in KY church elevator... Dave Ramsey Interviews Seth Godin... Bring Your Gun to Church Day was a Blast... Even at 500, Calvin isn’t slowing down... Did you hear? Mark Driscoll Banned from Christian Radio Network... Have You Heard About the Nation's Newest FEMALE Mega-Church Pastor?
Well, I've taken some time off from blogging over the past few weeks take some vacation and rest my mind... but it's time to get things going again. Last week, I sat down and looked through a few thousand RSS posts to see what I had missed in my 'time off'. Below is the stuff that caught my attention. As usual, you'll see that my mind is captured by a little bit of everying... great tips on leadership, the most current trends, the funny, the obscure, and other things that really don't have any rhyme or reason whatsoever. If you've taken a little breather over the summer as well, you might find many of these links interesting. At least I hope you do.
I've decided that I'm going to take at least one more week off from blogging, but will remain very active with links and news stories on Twitter this week. (You can follow me @toddrhoades.) My designer is making the finishing touches on a new MMI website that will hopefully bring some new features that you'll love.
Until then... enjoy these links. I'd love to hear your input or comments on any of these in the comment section. And if you see something that I should tag or twitter or blog about, please do email me at .
Thanks... have a great week!
Todd
Stacy Spencer: How to Find Your Ministry “Swag”
THE SHOW from Leadership Network for June 16, 2009. SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Stacy Spencer You can watch a brand new edition of THE SHOW every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. EDT at http://theshow.leadnet.org. Live call in segment... Dr. Stacy Spencer takes your questions!
TOPIC: Finding Your "SWAG" in Ministry
100 Ways to Kill a Concept or an Idea
This is a great list... I got it from Pete Bishop (who got it from ChangeThis.com)... but regardless... it's a great list. Have you ever been guilty of using one of these idea killers? Read the full post here...
A Gut-Check for Growing Churches
Recently, Mark Batterson had the opportunity to share as a guest speaker at a staff meeting at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge. Mark shared his top ten reflections on leadership in a growing church. Here are some of his comments... Read the full post here...
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