I believe every healthy ministry goes through two cyclical phases: growth and reinforcement. Growth is a ministry’s development (this can be measured in size, maturity, works, leadership, etc.) Reinforcement is when a ministry fortifies itself to handle its growth (programs, new procedures and systems, etc.) These cyclical phases can be over the span of weeks, [...]
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Global Leadership Summit Thoughts: Day 1
August 5th, 2010 
joshherndon I attended the Global Leadership Summit today (via satellite campus) with 150 neighboring ministers. It was a great experience to sit back and learn from some great leaders. Here’s a couple of day 1 thoughts that really resonated with me: How do you make a vision statement to move people from “here” to “there”? Articulate [...]
Leading Someone Twice Your Age
June 18th, 2010 joshherndon “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity” -Paul to Timothy Leading anyone is challenging, but leading someone who is twice your age brings its own dynamic of difficult! I am 24 years old. [...]
What To Look For In A Student Leader
May 22nd, 2010 joshherndon Confession: It’s been 19 months, and our youth ministry still doesn’t have a Student Leadership Team. I’m sure it has to break one of Doug Fields’ golden rules in Your First Two Years In Youth Ministry. All this to say, I have 5 months to get a Student Leadership up-and-running before the 2 year mark, [...]
How Leaders Kill Campaigns
March 18th, 2010 joshherndon Flesh gives birth to flesh, but Spirit gives birth to Spirit. -John 3:6 Churches will always have a campaign. •Let’s raise $10,000 to build a well in Africa! •Let’s start a homeless ministry! •Let’s build a new sanctuary! And these campaigns are birthed and fueled by our leadership positions (pastoral, administrative, board members, deacons, elders). [...]
Who Should Be Given Authority to Lead Worship?
March 5th, 2010 joshherndon I believe everyone from the drummer to the lead singer in a worship band is a worship leader because they’ve been given authority to give a public example of worship (of course music isn’t the only form of worship, but that’s another post). But time and time again I run into this question: Who should [...]
People Like the Idea of Change. Just Not Change Itself.
February 5th, 2010 joshherndon Facebook changed their layout… again. This is the 6th or so time they’ve done so. And without a doubt, there is a public outcry every time (Ironically, by making a facebook group or fan page about it). The group “Facebook: SWITCH BACK TO THE OLD NEWS FEED!!!” has 1,275,867 members! The group “MEMBERS WANT THE [...]
Jesús Stepping It Up
January 10th, 2010 joshherndon Last December one of our Adult Leaders at Central Student Ministries moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to pursue a ministry. We let her go reluctantly at first (haha), but acknowledged she had a calling for the next step in her life. Her departure left a huge vacancy in our ministry (as she was the worship [...]