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		<title>“A Call To Community” (Part Three)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/03/10/%e2%80%9ca-call-to-community%e2%80%9d-part-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crowder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are looking this week at a “Call to Community” with strong counsel on how to deal with relationships in the family of God, and to that end, Paul issues three distinct calls in Romans 15:1-7. We have already considered the calls to compassion and endurance. Today we close with a…
A Call to Relationship (v.7)
Therefore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“A Call To Community” (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/03/09/%e2%80%9ca-call-to-community%e2%80%9d-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crowder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we are considering Paul&#8217;s challenge to the church. It forms a “Call to Community” with strong counsel on how to deal with relationships in the family of God, and does so by issuing three distinct calls in Romans 15:1-7.
Yesterday we saw the call to compassion. Today we consider:
A Call To Endurance (vv.4-6)
For whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“A Call To Community” (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/03/08/%e2%80%9ca-call-to-community%e2%80%9d-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crowder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Hanks’ tour de force performance in the film “Castaway” raises the question—which is harder, living in isolation or living in relationship? Certainly each has its challenges, but the question remains—which is tougher?
Richard Wurmbrand (Sermons in Solitary Confinement) would no doubt say that isolation is the greater struggle and the greater hardship, and I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Nine)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/03/03/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-nine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we conclude our look at change in the local church by seeing several more ways that pastors can be positive instruments for change.
6. Action steps always need a manager.
We should give away job descriptions and responsibilities freely.  Titles also.
Marlene Wilson, so good at writing about volunteerism, said that most volunteers in a church quit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Eight)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/03/02/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-eight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this final week of looking at change in the church, we are seeing how pastors can be more skillful at change-management. We continue by seeing:
4. A good goal can be shared and embraced by other leaders.
Part of the pastor’s great challenge is to be doing that with the main circles around him, staff and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Seven)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/03/01/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-seven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re talking about making proper changes in the established church, one that has been there for a little while.  That’s as opposed to starting your own church from scratch, which many young pastors choose to do.
There are some great advantages to helping a church that has already been there, that has resources and sometimes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Six)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/02/24/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-six/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We close this week’s discussion by considering the kinds of changes churches face—and thinking through their value.
Changes to Be Made
I often give this list out and urge pastors to write a number beside each one, from a scale of 1-7, with 1 being immediate change and 7 representing long and gradual but deliberate change.
There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Five)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/02/23/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re talking about making changes and leading the church to new ways, especially in the established church that has been there for a while. Yesterday we looked at some of the common mistakes that leaders make in the process of initiating change. Today we see several more:
3. Not loving the people noticeably.
Part of this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Four)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/02/22/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-four/</link>
		<comments>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/02/22/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-four/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re talking about making changes and leading the church to new ways, especially in the established church that has been there for a while.  Obviously, a person who starts a church from scratch “digs his own grave,” as many of them like to say.  That’s okay and a valid way to build a church, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Making Changes in the Established Church&#8221; (Part Three)</title>
		<link>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/02/17/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-three/</link>
		<comments>http://pastor.resourcesforyourministry.org/2010/02/17/making-changes-in-the-established-church-part-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knute Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a fast-paced world, change is all about us—and change-management is an essential skill for leaders—including pastors. There are some things, however, that must not change in the church…
What are the Non-negotiables?
Here the question is related to what ideals or practices or ideals of the church should not be tampered with and are not open [...]]]></description>
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