Have you ever been in a situation where someone had a leadership position over you, but you felt like you actually influenced them with guidance and …
How Church Administration and Structure Is Supposed To WorkRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, body of christ, control, power, submission by Michael Fleming
Have you ever been in a situation where someone had a leadership position over you, but you felt like you actually influenced them with guidance and …
How Church Administration and Structure Is Supposed To WorkRead 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: 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: Small Groups Tags: body of christ, communication, discussion, responsibility by Michael Fleming
Summary: Small groups need a structure in place that will enable them to carry out the experience they want to have. If they want the Holy Spirit to …
The One Lesson That Will Change Your Small Group Discussions ForeverRead 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 Structure & Order Tags: body of christ, communication, decentralization, decision-making, identity by Michael Fleming
Summary: The answer to communication breakdowns in decentralized networks is not to centralize. It's to improve information-sharing processes. …
Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, church lifestyle, decision-making, responsibility by Michael Fleming
Summary: Why do we only choose certain individuals to make decisions for groups? Doing this violates the conditions groups need to be consistently …
4 Conditions Needed For A Church To Make Consistently Wise DecisionsRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, communication, decision-making, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: Individuals cannot consistently outperform groups when it comes to decision-making. Churches must get the process of making decisions as a …
A Scientific Reason Decision-Making Belongs To A Whole ChurchRead More