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I Hate This

This week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Rick Veenstra, who’s been serving as a minister for more than 40 years, and shares one of the life lessons he’s learned, entitled “I Hate This.” My mom told me that I should not use the word “hate.” But I don’t know what other word to use regarding this particular leadership lesson, which has …

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Deep Change or Slow Death

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we have Rick Veenstra, the Regional Executive / Leadership Development Catalyst for the Great Lakes Region share with us today on how to make deep and impactful changes in our Church organizations. Christian churches, like many other organizations in the United States, have essentially two options: We can either engage in deep transformative change, or …

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Deep and Wide

For this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Mike Gafa, the Church Leadership Development Catalyst for Luminex, describes the concept of ‘Deep and Wide’ and how we can use this knowledge as a tool to assess churches and help them to improve. The mission of every church is the great co-mission that Jesus gave us to go and make disciples. And the way …

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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 …