Results or No Results, That is the Question

I've been working my way through John Pearson's book Mastering the Management Buckets. There's enough helpful information in this book to apply for at least the next five years. One of the things early on that Pearson says that captured my attention came out of the "Results Bucket". He said, "Focus on outside results, not inside results."

I find this to be very helpful advice for church leaders. Too often we are enamored with the "inside results" of, being friendly, maintaining strong relationships, high number of volunteers serving on Sunday morning, etc. According to Jesus, the bottom line is "Are you making disciples?" This means two things. 1) Are we seeing people born again into the Kingdom of God? and 2) Are we making them into disciples? What does it matter how friendly our church is, or how relational we think we are, if these two things are not happening?

If you're not seeing these two things taking place on a consistent scale in your church, something needs to change. Don't settle for inside results only.

Are You Ready?

It's been almost a year since I last blogged on this site. With the launching of a new location for Jubilee Church I just didn't have the time to keep two blogs going at the same time. Now that things have settled down a bit, plans are for me to treat this blog as more of a leadership blog, while Connecting People to Jesus is more aimed at serving Jubilee Church in Wentzville.

With that in mind I'd like to share with you a recent article I read by Bill Hybels titled Preaching for Total Commitment. It's filled with great suggestions for how to help people commit with their whole heart to the Kingdom of God.

Like always, let me kow what you think.