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Transition Ministry Series: A Story from Hope Reformed Church, Kalamazoo

Moments of transition are sometimes the best moments to take a step back and reevaluate. Here’s the story and process of how Hope Reformed Church did just that. Our speaker, Steve Hellenga, is with Hope Reformed Church in Kalamazoo. They recently went through the transitional process of calling a new pastor. During this process they sought the help of a …

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Leadership Development

There is always a need for leaders in all facets of life. To fill that need, there needs to be a way of developing and training leaders. This week’s Whiteboard Wednesday is brought to you by Nate Bull and Mark Van Andel, leaders of an urban church plant in Detroit, Michigan, called Hesed. First of all, Nate and Mark stress …

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Leading for Collaboration

A thriving church often has many separate teams overseeing multiple ministries. How can those ministries work together instead of creating division? On this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Art Wiers, member of the Luminex core leadership team, shares his experiences with church leaders working towards collaboration. Throughout his time working with churches, Art noticed a pattern he calls the “silo effect.” The …

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Succession Planning

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Art Wiers, who served as a Pastor for the Reformed Church for 36 years share with us about the importance of succession planning in Churches. The matter of succession planning is not often brought up in discussions, which can be an issue for churches that are going through a transition. Because in order …

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Does Not Compute

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Rick Veenstra, the leadership development catalyst for Luminex share with us the 2 basic characteristics in being a successful leader for the Church. In Jim Collins landmark book Good to Great, he identified two basic characteristics that enable leaders to lead effective and successful companies for a sustained period of time. As Christian …

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Specialized Transition Ministry

For today’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Art Wiers from the Luminex leadership team sharing the importance and role of a specialized transition minister, and his experiences in leading the transition ministry team for the Great Lakes Region. The work that specialized transition ministers do brings significant value. There are many advantages to utilizing the resources of a specialized transitional minister …

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Church Life Cycles

Whiteboard Wednesdays is a short video series capturing the knowledge and experiences from our current leaders. These videos will discuss various topics that will educate, train, and inspire leaders who are looking for a weekly dose of motivation and learning. For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Art Wiers, one of the leaders of Luminex, here to share with us …