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Quick Insight: How to Pray Regularly about Your Natural Strengths

May 9, 2016
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. “Relief.” “Surprise.” “Clarity.” Many of you have shared those reactions about how you felt when you first discovered your strengths. During that time of discovery, you likely took time to thank God for those strengths and the strengths of those around you.…

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FAQs: Key Scriptures to Help You Lead From Your Strengths

April 25, 2016
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Q: Is all this talk about strengths actually found in the scriptures? A. Yes. Ministry Insights was founded on the biblical principle of uniqueness: God created you and each person around you with unique strengths. He has placed you together to build His Kingdom. Lucky Patcher iOS App This principle from God’s Word establishes a…

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Guest Post: Get Better at Hiring

April 18, 2016
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By Jeff Gilmer The biggest church staffing mistake you can make is hiring the wrong person. iphone showbox lucky patcher for laptop Not only does making a bad hire cost your church a lot of money in the long run, but it can also ruin morale, productivity, and vision alignment among your church staff. Some…

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Leader Uses Profiles to Onboard New Team Members

April 7, 2016
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“I have a confession,” says Scott Mawdesley, then a campus pastor with 12Stone Church in Georgia. “I use the Leading From Your Strengths profiles differently from other leaders.” Scott hit on a powerful facet of the profiles: their versatility. It was during a break from ministry when working in the consulting world that Scott got…

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Quick Insight: Are You a Marked Man (Woman)?

April 4, 2016
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. Does God trust you? Before you say “No way!” or “Of course!” consider how the question swings your thinking. You are used to trusting God — not the other way around. You place trust in Christ for forgiveness … trust God  in…

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Quick Insight: Serve In Style — YOUR Style

March 21, 2016
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. You’ve been given an opportunity to serve. What’s your style? Perhaps you serve best when you systematically confirm the need and the available resources before proceeding. Or maybe you have the ability to embrace what God tells you to do and act…

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Pastor Uses Profiles to Help Leaders Transition – Including Himself

March 16, 2016
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Friends in the SC Baptist State Convention introduced Dale Roach to the Leading From Your Strengths profile soon after he took on the role Director of Missions for the Moriah Baptist Association (Lancaster, SC). “I showed the profile results to my wife and watched her smile,” says Dale. “All she could say was, ‘This is…

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Guest Post: 4 Steps to Making the Right Hire

February 29, 2016
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At Ministry Insights, we work to equip Christ-followers and ministries to build stronger leaders. This is the first of two excellent articles from our good friend and Ministry Insights practitioner Paul Alexander that gives you great steps to take in successful staffing. Four Steps to Making the Right Hire BY PAUL ALEXANDER, Posted APRIL 8, 2012 Success is rarely…

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