Off the Agenda: Conversations for Building Church Leaders

Off The Agenda: Conversations for Building Church Leaders is a blog where people in church leadership positions — pastors, staff members, and volunteers, among others — gather for discussion, where they encourage, equip, and prepare each other for the joys and challenges they face each day. The blog is a part of BuildingChurchLeaders.com, a web site devoted to equipping and guiding church leaders worldwide.

Building Church Leaders, founded by the editors of Leadership journal in 1998, started out by providing notebooks of training materials to church leaders. In 2001, the web site launched, offering downloadable training resources on myriad topics. It has steadily grown ever since, and now reaches nearly 90,000 subscribers through its free weekly e- newsletter .

"Off The Agenda" was added in 2007 when BuildingChurchLeaders.com relaunched as a revamped and upgraded site, adding interactive assessments, online community connections, and insights from leading thinkers in the evangelical world, including Leith Anderson, Reggie McNeal, Angie Ward, and Mark Driscoll, to its roster of more than 2,000 training downloads.

Contributors to "Off The Agenda" include Marshall Shelley, Matt Branaugh, Chris Blumhofer, Amy Simpson, Kevin Miller, and Sam O'Neal.

Have a question? An idea for a blog post or training article? Contact the editors at BCL@ChristianityToday.com.

Matt Branaugh is manager of the Ministry Team with Christianity Today International’s Leadership Media Group, a role that involves editing and leading BuildingChurchLeaders.com, GiftedForLeadership.com, and FaithVisuals.com.