Creating Community | Andy Stanley & Bill Willits

Andy Stanley & Bill Willits. Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture. Multnomah, 2004. 192 pp.

Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture

1. People Need Community
2. Leaders Need Clarity
3. Churches Need Strategy
4. Connection Needs Simplicity
5. Processes Need Reality

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Next Generation Leader | Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley. Next Generation Leader: 5 Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future. Multnomah, 2006. 176 pp.

1. Competence—Do Less, Accomplish More

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is… leadership, let him govern diligently. [Romans 12:6, 8 NIV]

[The apostles] knew all about servant leadership. They had learned from the Master Himself. But more and more of their time was being consumed by administrative activities. And apparently administration wasn’t something they were exceptionally good at, because before long it appeared that they were being partial to the Hebraic Jews in the daily distribution of food.

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7 Practices of Effective Ministry | Andy Stanley, Lane Jones, & Reggie Joiner

Andy Stanley, Lane Jones, & Reggie Joiner. 7 Practices of Effective Ministry. Multnomah, 2004. 192 pp.

Every Monday morning I sit down with our staff leadership for a time of learning. These are valuable times. And honestly, these are often frustrating times, because we look beyond where we are to where we could and should be as an organization.

These discussions lead to new beginnings and untimely deaths. The debate is unfiltered. At times it gets personal. We’ve all lost our cool at one time or another. I’m not always right. And it seems there are mornings when we’re wasting everybody’s time. But we continue to meet. We continue to harness our differences. Consequently, we continue to learn and grow.

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