A Quick Way to Land Decisions: The Five Point Decision Making Method
June 24, 2014 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsDo you leave staff or leadership meetings uncertain of what was decided? Do you find it awkward when it comes... Continue Reading
Author Archives for Jim Baker
The Minister’s 20 Question Spiritual Health Assessment
June 17, 2014 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsOne of the most challenging yet essential responsibilities of ministers is to monitor their spiritual health. I have found this assessment developed by... Continue Reading
“Our Church Can’t Handle the Kind of Money I Can Give It”
June 10, 2014 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsThose words profoundly changed my understanding of what affluent church members consider before allocating their dollars to the church, charities... Continue Reading
Financial Leaders Want Someone With Ink On Their Sleeves
June 3, 2014 7:08 pm Leave your thoughtsDo you ever wonder how to appeal to your financial leaders? Here’s a story that provided me insights into a key... Continue Reading
How to Set Goals that Get Results
May 27, 2014 3:48 pm Leave your thoughtsThe well known Zig Ziglar quote, ‘if you aim at nothing you will be sure to hit it every time’... Continue Reading
How to Shape Church Culture Like Jesus Did
May 20, 2014 3:51 pm Leave your thoughtsJesus Mosaic of more than 1,000 different images of Jesus from the film The God Who Wasn’t There Shaping church... Continue Reading
Being and Doing: The Paradox Every Believer Must Embrace
May 13, 2014 3:54 pm Leave your thoughtsAs you depart many churches today there are signs indicating “You are Now Entering the Mission Field.” The signs are there... Continue Reading
The Ten Most Important Criteria for Vetting New Ministries
May 7, 2014 4:01 pm Leave your thoughts“Good is the enemy of great” is the first sentence of Jim Collins’ business best seller, Good to Great. Collins... Continue Reading
Here Be Dragons – A Barrier To Change
May 1, 2014 7:00 am Leave your thoughtsAt the edges of medieval maps was often inscribed the warning: “Here be dragons.” The fear of dragons kept generations... Continue Reading
How I Improved My Prioritization Skills
April 28, 2014 7:01 am Leave your thoughtsDo you ever become so overwhelmed with your “to do” list that you become paralyzed? Most of us in the ministry... Continue Reading
My True Hero is Forrest Gump!
April 10, 2014 9:09 am Leave your thoughtsI find it intriguing that virtually every time the disciples got a little full of themselves Jesus put a child... Continue Reading
Welcome To My New Blog!
October 3, 2013 3:45 am 1 CommentWell, after much peer encouragement, a tad of harassment and no small degree of procrastination I am joining the... Continue Reading
