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There is nothing like having THE RIGHT TEAM MEMBERS by a leaders side!   A RIGHT TEAM MEMBER  brings PASSION to an already PASSIONATE PURSUIT OF A VISION , adds WOOD to an ALREADY BURNING FIRE , and LOVES THE MINISTRY not a ministry. At GRANITE we have a few GRANITISMS when it comes to THE RIGHT TEAM MEMBERS Every NEW PEAK requires a NEW TWEAK Who got us here may not be the RIGHT PERSON to get us there Leaders are not FOUND they are DEVELOPED At GRANITE as our church grows we must have growing leaders.  Leaders who are willing to take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for their growth.  As an church/organization we have a responsibility to lead, feed, and develop our leaders but that does not take away from the personal responsibly for our leaders to through   INVESTIGATION and INTERROGATION . The RIGHT TEAM MEMBER has a commitment to helping the whole team grow. The RIGHT TEAM MEMBER focuses on where we are going not where we have been. ...

There are three things you can count on if you have W RONG PLAYERS ON YOUR TEAM !   WRONG PLAYERS ON YOUR TEAM WILL ALWAYS ... STUNT GROWTH STRAIN THE VISION FRUSTRATE AND PUSH AWAY THE RIGHT PLAYERS Mark it down and NO your church and my church are NOT THE EXCEPTIONS to this truth!  There are a number of ways to identify the right players for your team, here are a three suggestions... Look at WHO'S FOLLOWING WHO , who has a voice on your campus?  This does not always mean that the person is a leader but to some level they do have influence and you need to see if they have a leadership gift to accompany that influence. Look for people who are CHASING YOU AS A LEADER and THE VISION , people who seem to have B OUGHT INTO THE VISION , not people you need to SELL THE VISION TO . Make a SMALL ASKS that have the potential to lead to BIGGER ASKS .  Don't sell the farm after one interview.  What we do matters and there is no time to chase people who are ...

SHOW ME YOUR TEAM AND I WILL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE !  This is one of the things I have taught for 17 yeas as Pastor of GRANITE UNITED CHURCH !  I remember a person saying to me when about 2 years into RE-PLANTING GRANITE that I was OVER STAFFED ! Now let me explain the CUTURE OF GRANITE has been and continues to be to MAXIMIZE LAY LEADERS by EQUIPPING and EMPOWERING THEM .  I truly believe (and its BIBLICAL) that GOD really does give GIFTS TO PEOPLE in HIS CHURCH to see HIS CHURCH ACCOMPLISH HIS MISSION ! Back to the point!  When the person suggested I was OVER STAFFED  I informed them that I wasn't staffing GRANITE for where we were, but for WHERE WE WERE GOING . When you look at your team what does it tell you about YOUR FUTURE and where you're going as a ministry?  I'll post more on this in the next few days to come!

11 Ways Leaders Wreck Their Churches Here are 11 ways I’ve noticed in which leaders sabotage their ministry. I’m personally working to address each of these daily in my own life and leadership.  Why? Because most of us never intend to destroy anything. But sometimes we do anyway. Here’s how: 1. Caring more about your personal success than the success of others and the mission. The battle against sin is a battle against self. If you don’t check your ego, it will check you. Godly leadership means caring about the mission more than you care about your personal success, and desiring to see others flourish. Leaders who forget that destroy their potential and the potential of their mission. 2. Hogging the spotlight. In our celebrity-driven, social media culture, it’s easier than ever to try to draw attention to yourself. Best antidote? Push others into the spotlight. Align and equip people, and then let them lead. 3. An unwillingness to deal with your personal “junk.” ...

There are so many AMAZING things about JESUS and HIS MINISTRY that just blow my mind! One of those things is OUR LORDS HEART!  Read the GOSPELS and you find that people who were nothing like JESUS liked JESUS! THE QUESTION IS WHY? Was it because they were convinced of His deity?  NOPE Was it because He was born of a virgin? NOPE Was it because He could walk on water ?  although that's pretty cool, NOPE Maybe it was because He was such an amazing speaker? NOPE As I am reading the GOSPEL OF MARK for the millionth time a verse jumped out at me that never caught my eye before.  To me its the main reason people were attracted to JESUS.  Ready for the verse, are you ready to be AMAZED, here it is... Mark 6:46a, “After telling everyone good-bye…” Come on are you as BLOWN AWAY and AMAZED as I am!!!!  LOL, okay here's a little context.  JESUS had just feed 5,000 plus people with a few fish and loaves!  In other words, JESUS was...

Whether its a NEW SERVICE or a NEW CAMPUS when it comes to LAUNCHING any new initiative INFORMATION MATTERS.  Let me clarify not just information, but GOOD INFORMATION. Its IMPERATIVE to have GOOD INFORMATION if you are going to make GOOD DECISIONS . At GRANITE we use an ONLINE DATABASE, but what you may not know is that a DATABASE only reports back to you what you put into it, lol!  So its IMPORTANT to try (because its very hard to do) to keep your DATABASE CLEAN and UP-TO-DATE. As LEADERS, yes we are driven by FAITH!  We realize WITHOUT FAITH its impossible to please GOD.  But that does not take away from our responsibility to DO OUR PART.   Mark chapter 6 records the miracle of the FEEDING OF THE 5,000.  Within the account JESUS asks the question in verse 38, "HOW MUCH BREAD DO YOU HAVE?" .  What JESUS Says next is HUGE, BIG, I mean GINORMOUS, and it either was a response to either the look on the disciple faces, or maybe something t...

We just finished a series at GRANITE called TRUTH IS ...I'd like to say something to all leaders everywhere, and especially to our GRANITE UNITED LEADERS . TRUTH IS.. IF YOU AIM A NOTHING  YOU WILL HIT IT EVERY TIME! I know its deep right!  But the TRUTH IS ...as leaders we have to know what the next step is as we reach toward accomplishing the DREAM OF JESUS CHRIST for our ministry.  But then again in order to take a PURPOSEFUL NEXT STEP you have to have a CLEARLY DEFINED , DOCUMENTED , DESTINATION ! TRUTH IS ...a lot of leaders want to be part of the action but the are unclear, as to WHAT THE WIN IS !  And if you don't know what the win is, you never know if your actually making any progress. So I ask you, WHATS YOUR NEXT STEP ?  Are you entering this weekend, having dedicated time during the week to put points on the board for JESUS ? Or are you just going to show up, and "HOPE" you take a step i the right direction by accident?  If what...