Advance Archive–Ready or Not, Succession Happens!

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August 11, 2015

In this issue…

• New Report Available for Download: Succession Readiness

• Get a Free Church App from Pushpay

• Post Your Church’s Job Openings in Leadership Network Advance

• LifeChurch.tv Celebrating 7 Million Resources Given Away

• Leadership Development: An Age-Old Challenge with a Modern-Day Twist

Free Report: Succession Readiness

Surveying the Landscape of Large Church Pastors

by Warren Bird

A recent survey co-sponsored by Leadership Network asked large churches (weekly attendance of 1,000 and higher): “How would you rate efforts at planning for the senior pastor’s eventual succession from this church, relative to where you feel that planning should be at this point?” A surprising 44% rate their succession preparation as either “poor” or “fair”—the bottom two choices out of five total options. Only 8% picked the top choice of “outstanding.”

This mini-report, brought to you by Vanderbloemen Search Group, explores the current state of succession planning in large churches, as well as offers next steps you can take to improve your own succession preparedness.

Download Report

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LifeChurch.tv Celebrating 7 Million Resources Given Away

LifeChurch.tv recently announced that they have given away 7 million free resources through their program, Open.

It’s amazing what God can do with irrational generosity, and He’s not done yet. With 7 million free resources in the hands of ministries around the world, it’s exciting to see what God is doing as the capital “C” Church works together.

Leadership Development: An Age-Old Challenge with a Modern-Day Twist

Many of today’s church leaders face the same problem: leadership development. Most struggle to find better ways to empower and release their people for ministry, and with the emergence of the multisite movement, church planting and rapid church growth, many of the top choices have already been taken. Churches today are using a variety of strategies and philosophies to generate new leadership in order to find the right balance of formal leadership development and more organic spiritual training…