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Warren Bird on Church Leadership Teams

Tags: best practices, church leadership, collaboration, cultural Christians, Faith Promise, hipster churches, Leadership Network, Millennials, nones, Pew Forum, senior pastor, survey research, team diagnostic survey

What makes for an effective leadership team? Using insights from business analysis, Dr. Warren Bird of the Leadership Network discusses a study conducted in over 200 churches that filtered out the various characteristics of groups that led to success. Our conversation also discusses the recent Pew Forum report on the declining presence of Christianity in the United States and finishes up with how church leadership should address a potentially new religious environment in America.

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Dave Travis on Megachurch Myths

Tags: Assemblies of God, Bill Hybels, charismatic pastors, denominationalism, ethnic diversity, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, Leadership Network, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, megachurches, non-denominationalism, pastor succession, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Seeker churches, televangelism, University of Washington, Willow Creek Community Church

The rise of megachurches has been one of the most interesting phenomenon shaking up the American religous landscape in recent decades. Dave Travis of the Leadership Network joins us to discuss what thse megachuchs are and look like. Along the way he counters some of the more frequent myths associted with these large congregations, including that they are “too large,” and “too theologically shalow.” We also think about the future of megachuches.

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