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- The Right People in the Right Places
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- A Call for Case Studies
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- The Forgotten Art of Attentiveness
- The Three W's
- Webinar: Casting Vision in Your Church
- Nancy Ortberg on the Seduction & Myths of Influence
- From Visitor to Leader
- Scouting the Divine
- How Should a Leader Walk Around?
- Is This Gossip?
- The Practice of Compassion
- Re-Parenting Disciples
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- 5 Common Cultural Differences
- Responding to Suggestions with Discernment
- Scared of College Ministry?
- Making Members Stick
- Reader's Story: Befriending Immigrants
- Chip and Dan Heath: How to Change When Change Is Hard
- Wess Stafford: Leveraging Your Past
- How to Really Help Africa: Trade vs. Aid
- Dave Gibbons: Thinking Forward--Third Culture Leadership
- Tim Keller: Leading People to the Prodigal God, Part 3
- Tim Keller: Leading People to the Prodigal God, Part 2
- Tim Keller: Leading People to the Prodigal God, Part 1
- Gary Hamel: 4 Imperatives for Outrunning Change
- Henry Cloud on How Church Boards Can Increase Trust
- Carly Fiorina: a New Christian
- Bill Hybels on "Leading in the New Reality"
- Mill-O at Willow: Liveblogging the Leadership Summit
- A Church At Work with Refugees
- 3 Questions for Bruce Miller
- Explainer: The Micro Church Movement
- Pastor Shortage?
- We Need Your Back-to-School Outreach Ideas
- Book Corner: Sharing the Good News Naturally
- Busting Myths About Christianity
- Presenting Your Idea to the Church Board
- Church Membership is Not Enough
- BlogSpotting: A Simple Mindset for Outreach
- Church Membership? Yes
- Drive-through Church
- Youth Workers, You Too Can Understand Teen Culture
- Explainer: Religion
- Book Corner: A Better Way to be Left Behind
- BlogSpotting: Time Management for Leaders
- Armed Vigilantes and Church Security
- The Churchgoing Atheist
- Book Corner: Chasing the Blue Parakeet
- 3 Questions for Ben Lowe
- BlogSpotting: For Worship Leaders, Finding the Right Key
- Pastor Tells Seekers How to Pick a Church
- What Do Young Adults Think of Church?
- Book Corner: Planting for the Future
- Catalyst + Leadership = New Digital Magazine
- BlogSpotting: Kevin DeYoung on False Apologies
- 4 Reasons Not to Cut Conferences
- Explainer: Ancient-Future Worship
- What Isn't On Your Bookshelf?
- A People Scorecard for Your Church
- 8 Reasons You Might Need to Leave
- BlogSpotting: A Pastor Fighting Loneliness
- Book Corner: Tour Guides for the Journey of Faith
- Survey Time
- BlogSpotting: Ed Stetzer Calls for Great Commission Resurgence
- 5 Reasons You'll Want to Leave But Shouldn't
- The Big Picture in this Recession
- Sermon Names in the News
- Book Corner: Learning from the Mistakes of Others
- The Divine Commodity
- BlogSpotting: Entrepreneurial Drive or Holy Spirit?
- Explainer: Being Missional
- Free Videos for Your Easter Service
- BlogSpotting: How to Close a Worship Service
- Introducing the Podule
- Our Outreach Story Contest Winners
- Book Corner: Pursuing the Gay Community
- Audio/Visual Tips for Engaging Worship
- Small Churches Need a Brand Revival
- When Is a Church a Small Church?
- Leading a Small Church
- How to Subscribe to Off the Agenda
- 3 Questions for Charles Arn
- BlogSpotting: How to Bring in Hymns
- Top 5 Ways Evangelical Leaders Care for Creation
- Explainer: The New Atheists
- Book Corner: Learning from Edwards and Whitefield
- Porn Okay, Except on Sunday?
- BlogSpotting: Mark Batterson's Rules for Writing
- 3 Questions for Lynne Baab
- Fess Up to Messing Up and Win a Free Book!
- A Window into Short-Term Missions
- Book Corner: A Day in the Life of Jesus
- BlogSpotting: Chuck Warnock on Assimilating Newcomers
- Explainer: The Emerging Church
- Google Earth, Meet Moses
- Book Corner: Taking Media Seriously
- Unity on Your Church Board
- 3 Questions for Margaret Feinberg
- BlogSpotting: Internet Monk Predicts Evangelical Collapse!
- Drugs, Jail, and Regeneration
- J.I. Packer on Restricting Communion
- Book Corner: Spiritual Formation for Small Groups
- How to Pray for Obama
- Explainer: Postmodernism
- Freedom to Think in 2009
- BlogSpotting: Scot McKnight Isn't Happy with Pastor Bios
- How to Pray: Gaza Christians in the Crossfire
- Book Corner: Revisiting The Shack
- BlogSpotting: Al Mohler on How to Read a Study Bible
- How to Pray: The Recession and Church Attendance
- How to Pray: Christmas in India
- BlogSpotting: John Piper on Church Disputes and Advent
- Leading from the Back of the Pack
- A Note of Assurance
- Unlikely Opportunities for Ministry
- Let’s Build Something Together
- Nancy Ortberg: Creating a Crisis
- Understanding BCL Downloads
- Finding a Mentor
- A Mid-Life Shift Gives Meaning
- Leading Anxious People Through Change
- I Pledged To Do What?
- What’s On Your Mind?
- Should Churches Differentiate?
- Defying the IRS
- Working Behind the Curtain
- May I Take Your Order?
- Stiff Necks and Bruised Reeds
- Urban Exile: Following Jesus in the Face of Fear
- Bold Forgiveness
- The Trench Versus the Stage
- Great is Thy Effectiveness?
- Leadership Axioms
- Still Blessing His Name
- Paying for You
- Insights into Innovation
- The Five-Minute Mentor
- Pickings From the Leadership Tree
- Get in the Game
- Fiction for Formation
- When a Good Idea is Under Attack
- The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel—Part 2
- The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel—Part 1
- Racial Reconsideration
- Jesus Is Not a CEO
- Trimming Technostress
- Thus Says the Lord?
- Special Offer for "Off the Agenda" Readers
- Church Celebrity Deathmatch
- Beware of Unintended Curriculum
- Starting Out in Youth Ministry
- Closing the Curtains on a Ministry
- Special Offer for "Off the Agenda" Readers
- Satan Comes on Day 40
- Quick Tip for VBS Promotion: "Flamingo" Marketing
- Missional Construction?
- The Wright View of the Resurrection
- Leadership from a Higher Plane
- What's Your Score?
- When Is a Small Group ‘Just Another Meeting’?
- Pondering the Question of Adult Education
- Secular Thoughts on Sacred Marketing
- How to Travel Abroad
- Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church
- So Many Bosses
- Choosing the Moment to Lead
- When Group Members Talk Too Much
- Exploring "The Call"
- 90 Minutes with Rich
- Outreach After Programs
- Colin Powell: 15 Tips on Leadership
- Excellence
- Sitting in the Seat of Mockers
- Cutting the Competition
- The Long Goodbye: Can Small Groups Break Up Well?
- Highlighting Our Differences
- Listening to God's Word
- The Best Defense for Conflict is a Good Offense
- Arranging the Passengers on the Church Leadership Bus
- To Those Who Lead the Rural Church
- Holding Leaders Accountable
- Reggie McNeal: Ask the Right Questions
- Pushing the Comfort Zones of Small Groups
- How Websites Communicate Congregational Values
- Should You Stop Asking for Volunteers?
- What We Have Uncommon
- Is Your "To Do's" List Too Long?
- Remembering the Pastor’s Spouse
- How to Authentically Encourage
- The End of the Year, The End for Two Longtime Churches
- Deion Sanders, Devin Hester, and Mentoring
- It’s Not About Gay Rights
- Leading Your Leaders
- Billings Gazette mentions Building Church Leaders
- Why Does Sin Remain in My Life?
- Comfort in a Time of Despair
- Create a Culture of Mentorship
- Wisely Managing Use of the Building
- Directionally Impaired Leadership
- Christ as Our Great Leader
- When a Good Idea is Under Attack
- Leadership-Style Envy
- How Leaders Can Survive Information Overload
- A Better Way to Recruit and Retain Volunteers
- Effectiveness at What Price?
- Stop Oiling Your Church's Squeaky Wheels
- When Sexual Sin Challenges Your Leadership
- And You Are?
- Before Ministry Life Burns You Out
- What Makes a Small Group?
- The Looks in Our Eyes
- About Off the Agenda
- The Secret Resistance to Church Growth
- Breaking Your Church's Code
- Flip the Switch Between Work and Home
- Evangelical Drop-Outs
- Let's Do Lunch
- Dr. Alvin Sanders
- Leith Anderson
- Charles Arn
- Rev. Lynne M. Baab
- Ruth Haley Barton
- Chris Blumhofer
- Matt Branaugh
- Mark Buchanan
- Gary R. Collins
- Dave Ferguson
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