Month: February 2020

LDR Church Planting Workbook Released

Church Planting, Leadership, Planning, Teamwork / / By

This week the LDR Church Planting Workbook was released on Amazon.

The Kindle version should be up in a week or two.

This will be followed by the two LDR Church Development Workbooks in the coming months.

LDR is excited to partner with Gravitational Leadership Press on these books.

You can order the Church Planting Workbook at:

amazon.com/Church-Planting-Workbook-Melvyn-Ming/dp/1944858601/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=ming+Church+Planting&qid=1581617024&sr=8-4

What Others are saying about the workbook:

“There’s no doubt in my mind, The Church Development Workbook and Church Planting Workbook are the most comprehensive field guides ever written for ministry leaders. The principles are powerful, and have been a strategic part of my personal journey as a leader for years. You’ll discover how to have the right systems and people in place to move your organization to the next level in health and growth.”

Kent Ingle, DMin
President
Southeastern University

“Nobody does the mission alone. Not even Jesus. So why would you try to plant a church by yourself? Do what I did and go through the church planting workbook and learn from my mentors, Mel Ming & friends.”

Wes Davis
Visionary of “People Becoming the Church”
Lead Pastor
Newlife.TV

“Whether you’re planting a new church or multiplying campuses, finding the right resources in right order makes all the difference. This Church Planting tool has helped and continues to assist us as we build teams, fine tune systems and endeavor to ask the right questions in the right order for greater efficiency and ultimately greater Kingdom impact. I highly recommend it to anyone with a vision for planting a healthy church.

Jeffery Portmann, DMin
Lead Pastor
newhope Church

Collaboration

Leadership, Planning, Teamwork / / By

“Without a culture of collaboration, the best processes, systems, tools, and leadership strategies fall flat.” – Evan Rosen

Effective collaboration is not really a technic or approach. It is a culture and climate in which people feel empowered to act, share, learn and engage.

Nothing kills collaboration faster than command and control leaders and star based cultures. For collaboration to be effective it must cultivate a sharing partnership culture.

Paul says it this way in Romans 12:3-5,

“Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. 4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” NLT

A few cultural elements of collaboration adapted from Evan Rosen are:

  1. Trust: developing comfort with colleagues
  2. Sharing: letting ideas flow and grow
  3. Goals: reading from the same script
  4. Innovation: embracing new approaches
  5. Anticipation: making room for the unexpected
  6. Honesty: willingness for robust dialogue
  7. Community: sharing interests and goals
  8. Appreciation: recognizing the value and contribution of others
  9. Partnership: the priesthood of believers in practice

Reflection questions:

  1. How could your church or organization develop a culture of collaboration?
  2. What could you do to develop a culture of collaboration?