Doug Burrell

Are you trying to develop a team spirit among your church staff? Perhaps you would like your staff to display more cooperation and enthusiasm as they work together. Maybe you are hoping that they will develop a greater sense of loyalty and…

Few issues are more important in the lives of ministers than how they spend their time. But we are weary of "techniques" and the abundance of books and plans that promise to make us more efficient and productive.

Let's face it: most…

In the film Falling Down Michael Douglas plays a character who has reached the proverbial end of his rope. In the opening scene, this stressed-out man sits in his car on a hopelessly congested California freeway, trapped on all sides…

What will cause your congregation to follow your leadership? Will they follow you simply because you are the pastor? Will they accept you because you have a great vision and you are a persuasive preacher? Will they trust your leadership because…

Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to get people to work  together? Even in the church? Paul told us that not all can be an eye or a hand or an ear in the body; if that were the case, what would the body be (see 1 Cor. 12:14fT.)?…