Leadership
Network Thanks Its Resource Partners Who Made Camp Improv
Possible
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Each
resource partner represents expertise in a critical operating
area for churches. Here are two of our fantastic partners: |
Ronald
Blue & Co., LLC |
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Retirement issues are a major challenge in the future.
Is your staff prepared for retirement? Are you helping
your staff plan for retirement? What are the right
questions? Ronald Blue & Co. has been providing
financial advisory solutions reflecting biblical stewardship
principles for over 23 years. Click
here to go to their website or contact Brian
Shepler. |
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Brotherhood
Mutual Insurance Company |
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Are you prepared for the unexpected - youth worker involved
in fender-bender, a broken arm at camp, liability issues?
Then consider transferring your unpredictable risks
involving people and property. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance
Company has been passionate and motivated in its commitment
to protect America's churches and related ministries
since 1917. You have to innovate to protect; and Brotherhood
Mutual is a leader in customized insurance protection.
Click here
to go to their website or contact Hugh
White. |
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This interview is a part of the continuing series focusing
on the Resource Partners for the Camp Improv Learning
Experience. One of those valued partners was Injoy Stewardship
Services (ISS). Their executive vice-president, Kirk
Nowery, was interviewed by Leadership Network's Mike
McMahon about the company's services. Kirk was a participant
in the Improv experience and their workshop on the topic
of "The Top 10 Questions Leaders Ask About Capital
Campaigns" will be available at the Camp Improv
web site coming soon.
Here is the interview with Kirk:
Leadership Network (Mike McMahon):
Tell us a little about yourself and your organization.
INJOY (Kirk Nowery): I am the executive vice-president
of INJOY Stewardship Services. Prior to joining ISS
in 1997, I served for 18 years as Senior Pastor of a
large church in Florida. While I was in Florida, I was
also the chairman of a Christian school and a chaplain
with the Miami Dolphins. With ISS, my primary objective
is to assist pastors and enhance their effectiveness
in ministry.
The mission of INJOY Stewardship Services is to partner
with churches to achieve their goals and accelerate
their growth, empowering them to realize their spiritual
and financial potential. We actively serve over 1,000
churches with our team of consultants and specialists. |
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Our
friend Russ Bredholt is back with an article on "Baby
Church vs. Small Church." While Leadership Network
primarily works with larger churches, Russ reminds us
that an organization's identity is usually formed
very early. Here are the first few paragraphs and you
can click to the larger article.
Dave Travis
Senior Vice President
Baby
Church or Small Church?
by Russ Bredholt, Jr.
Even with an increasing number of church mergers and
closings, new congregations continue to open on a consistent
basis. Some of these new churches are even having very
good days. The Lord is blessing evangelistic efforts
through church planting.
Starting a church is never an easy task. It may be more
difficult than starting a new business. We make this
observation not second hand but from the experience
of being involved with both types of ventures.
What is interesting, though, is how a church develops
its identity, or what Quakers would refer to as, "true
self."
"What an organization becomes is formed in its earliest
days." So writes author William Bergquist in his
book, "The Postmodern Organization." This is a simple
but profound insight with implications for those who
are sponsoring or starting churches.
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