Re-shaping our Organizational Culture Feature by Matt Larkin “Observed behavior,” “group norms,” “espoused values,” “habits of thinking.” These and more combine to form an organization’s culture. Organizational culture, according to Edgar H. Schein, is the “accumulated shared learning of a given group, covering behavioral, emotional, and cognitive elements of the group members’ total psychological functioning.” […]
Leaders’ Conference Wrap Up Leaders’ Conference 2022 was a wonderful time together with ACGC leaders, pastors and families! Dr. Justin Irving shared in four general sessions sharing about biblical foundations for servant leaders. These sessions included: (1) The Gospel Dependent Leader; (2) Facing the Temptations of Leadership; (3) The Priority of Gospel Community in Leadership; […]
MTI Intro Series: What is a Mentor? Blog post by Matt Larkin, MTI Program Coordinator Mentors are the eyes and ears of the MTI program. As a competency based program, the Ministry Training Institute desires students to sincerely consider the various topics and concepts they are learning in our courses. Theological education is more than […]
With Leaders’ Conference Approaching… Executive Director Steve Lawson The challenge of the last two years has continued into 2022 with an extremely contagious coronavirus variant, Omicron. It has certainly increased the number of cases close to home for many of our churches and in our offices here in Charlotte. Thankfully, the seriousness of the current […]
Let’s Come Together! If you are like me, you are ready to come together with other pastors and leaders to fellowship and grow together. The perfect opportunity is coming February 2-4 at the Advent Christian Village (ACV) for the AC Leadership Conference. We have met with ACV leadership and believe we can have the conference […]
MTI Intro Series: What is a Field Office? Blog post by Matt Larkin, MTI Program Coordinator Field Offices are Regional Touchpoints for the MTI Program As a program designed to support the local church in its crucial calling of leadership development, the Ministry Training Institute has established regional field offices in four different locations around […]
The Spiritual Gift of Administration What It Is and Why It Matters Blog post by Justin Nash Administration is not a spiritual gift many people think of, nor one that many leaders aspire to attain. But like every other spiritual gift, administration is critical to the life and health of a local church. Administration may […]
Plant to Save Souls, Not to Survive Feature by Rev. Adrian Dixon Why would a denomination, network, region, conference or group of churches be concerned with church planting? There are at least two answers I can think of: They are driven by a missional focus or they are consumed with survival. A missional mindset mandates […]
Four Principles for Leading Change in the Church Article by Justin Nash Leading change in a church can be a challenge. Poorly executed change initiatives can have deleterious effects on the life and health of a church. Poorly led change can result in the loss of credibility for a pastor, sometimes eventuating in the pastor’s […]
Steve Lawson God is in Control Over the last 10 days, we’ve heard many different reports with varying opinions about the coronavirus and what may happen in our world. I have spent the last hour reading through the news and looking up reports from the CDC to begin writing this with some understanding about what […]