Summary: Counterfeit unity occurs in the relationships between people who want and like to have control and people who don’t mind being controlled. …
This is Where Authentic Unity in the Church is FoundRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, control, decentralization, facilitation, freedom, submission, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: Counterfeit unity occurs in the relationships between people who want and like to have control and people who don’t mind being controlled. …
This is Where Authentic Unity in the Church is FoundRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, control, decision-making, submission, transformation by Michael Fleming
Summary: The foundational expression of the Life of Christ in a church is submitting to one another. But most of the time when leader/non-leader …
The #1 Way Submitting To One Another Disappears In A ChurchRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, control, divine life, elders, God's purpose, submission by Michael Fleming
Summary: Jesus lived the Christian life by the Divine Life of the Father in and through Him. When Jesus entered His second many-membered Body, the way …
The Sure-fire Way To Abandon Christ’s Leadership In A ChurchRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, body of christ, humility, identity, servanthood, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: Humans have this tendency to want to be in positions that make them feel valued. The default way to achieve feelings of value is through …
The #1 Leadership Characteristic of a Servant’s HeartRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, body of christ, mistakes, servanthood, submission by Michael Fleming
Summary: Getting the church leadership thing backward may be leading to more division and abuse in the church today than any other mistake. And it's …
We Need To Talk About Leadership. Most Churches Have It Backward.Read More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: decision-making, groupthink by Michael Fleming
Think about this quote I recently came across in an article on a popular Christian website for few seconds... When you think about it, the …
This Testimony About Avoiding Groupthink Could Open Your EyesRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, decentralization, decision-making, elders, God's purpose, psychology by Michael Fleming
In the Consistently Wise series, I've attempted to lay out the characteristics of an environment in which consistently wise decisions can be made in a …
10 Crucial Steps To Becoming A Consistently Wise ChurchRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, communication, decentralization, decision-making by Michael Fleming
Summary: A group's culture regulates its behavior, and that culture is established by the standards and principles they've agreed to. Decision-making …
How Making Wise Decisions Can Become Second Nature To A ChurchRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, decentralization, decision-making, diversity, psychology by Michael Fleming
Summary: Breakdowns in a church's decision-making processes can lead to 3 phenomena that violate the conditions a group needs to be consistently wise. …
3 Phenomena That Can Cause Your Church To Be DumberRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, decision-making, psychology by Michael Fleming
Summary: There's no such thing as a decision-making expert. Even so-called "experts" disagree on what could or should happen much of the time, and …
Why The Smartest Christians Can Make The Worst DecisionsRead More