PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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Every church leader needs mentors, coaches, guides to flourish. (For short, we’ll call them mentors.) Remember this? Think of “3” as spiritual apathy and distrusting of church leaders. Think that ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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It’s much more difficult to reach the average American with the Gospel today than it was 50 years ago. Let me illustrate with a variation of the Engle scale…popularized by ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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Over the last several weeks, we have: This week I’m continuing the storytelling I began last week about my experience in leading change. I shared about two of my early ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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In the past weeks: You may be asking, does this really work in my church? I’m certainly no expert but I thought it best this week and next to lean ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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Last week we compared remembering the past for nostalgia or for future vision. Practically speaking, most of us are not able to pursue a compelling God-inspired future vision without first ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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There are 5 things that will kill courage that any leader, woman or man, needs to know and confront. They’re embedded in who we are. (And they’re adapted from Heifetz ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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Over the last few weeks, I’ve shared my conversation with Cheryl Gieseke, a champion for PLI and young pastors and spouses. Last week we discussed the process Cheryl used to ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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Today I want to look at the formation of young pastors and spouses, after three weeks of looking at how two PLI pastors prepared for and finished well, the incredible ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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PLI has always placed a high value on a husband and wife learning together. Last week we listened in on the transition to retirement of Pastor Steve Sohns and Pastor ..read more
PLI Blog - Christian Leadership Training
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Mark and Sharon Zehnder have been longtime champions of PLI. Mentors. Donors. Sharon was on staff for some years. Mark served as senior pastor in Omaha, Nebraska, for many years ..read more