By Dr. Mick Noel
“He took the time to be kind to others when he didn’t need to and did lots of good things for people that no one knew about.” –Tribute to Journalist Tony Snow after his demise to cancer
This past week marked the passing of journalist Tony Snow. Snow had served as President Bush’s [...]

by Dr. Mick Noel
One of the significant transitions evidenced among missional leadership is the movement from “me” to “we.” Refusing to be the hub around which congregational ministry orbits, missional leaders move relentlessly in the direction of shared responsibility and accountability. Ministry leadership is shared, always with a view to identifying gifted anointing and developing [...]

Traditional church leaders function as CEOs of the organization. Their focus is primarily on administration and management of staff, resources, programs and the strategic plan. Often this is the expectation of the Church Board which, in turn, has learned leadership from their places of employment. The difficulty with this approach is there are several points [...]

Missional leaders work hard at the capacity of listening. Let’s face it, most of us are not skilled “listeners.” This is a curious thing because it appears that we are born into this world with highly tuned ability to listen to our environment. Neonatal specialists believe that the baby in the womb is actively processing [...]

What does it mean to be a “missional leader?” This is probably the most frequent question I receive. It is the continuing focus of our work here at C4ML and certainly can not be answered in one column. Over the next few months, I will focus on one element of missional leadership. This month the [...]

There is so much that is being said and written in the name of being “missional” that the term is in danger of becoming the newest Christian cliché. Cliches are words that easily escape the vocal chords without reasonable scrutiny by the brain! It appears “missional church” is “trendy” catch phrase leaders are using a [...]