Calling all Administrators (and others)!

Administration in the Church, Administrative Skills, Equipping
The New Life Church in Milton Keynes is holding an Administration Conference once again this year on March 22nd at the Ridgeway Centre. They have graciously invited me to speak once again. They are wanting to serve the church widely and this is open to churches from any stream or denomination. Last year's conference was very popular and so they want to encourage you to book quickly and have introduced an 'early bird' booking fee with a 40% reduction. A full description and online registration are here.
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Education in Ghana – New Nation School

Education, Equipping, Ghana, News, Poor
Recently I had the joy of visiting my old friends John and Alex Kpikpi in Ghana. John brings apostolic oversight to Newfrontiers churches in seven nations in West Africa, most of which he has planted. As well as giving some training in various administration matters to the church and school staffs, and some one-to-one mentoring, I offered to make a new video of their school to replace the one I made in 2008. New Nation School was founded over ten years ago and now numbers over 500 students from 3-18 years. The children are trained in an atmosphere of unconditional love and reach high standards. In the recent International GCSE exams they attained an amazing 99% pass rate including the top mark in the whole of Ghana for mathematics. In…
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Discover and Serve pt 24. Calling pt 2

Discover and Serve, Equipping, Serving
When faced with a dilemma that challenged his pre-determined plan, Jesus used his calling as a guideline to weigh whether a change of plan would be a distraction from or a contribution to fulfilling the main flow of his calling. How does this apply to us? Over the past few months we have been gradually building a serving profile to help people identify those aspects of their lives and personality which they can harness to serve in the church. Leaders should be very committed to getting all their church members into an effective place of service; this is what all are called to do - bear fruit (Jn 15:16). But in addition to this general call, which applies to all believers, some have a very specific call. Specific calling A…
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Discover and Serve pt 23 – Calling pt 1

Discover and Serve, Equipping, Serving
Let's review progress Over the past few months I have been looking at the development of a Serving Profile to help people find a fulfilling and fruitful place of service in the church. Of the seven components that make up this profile - Skills and Talents, Spiritual Gifts, Calling, Heart's Desire, Temperament, Time, Spiritual Maturity - I have so far addressed the first two. These are the main ones that define what a person ‘brings to the table' ie those features which indicate what contribution a person may make to a ministry through their natural or spiritual aptitudes. The remaining five will not take as many weeks! We will now turn our attention to matters which affect how these aptitudes may be applied effectively and appropriately to specific ministries. First,…
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