Overwhelmed in Ministry? 10 Ways to Empower Others For Ministry

Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Not meeting your deadlines? Flirting with burnout? Tasks and/or people falling through the cracks in your ministry? These are just some signs of a person who needs to empower others in ministry. You are a good leader. You love people. You are amazing. YET, you have come to a place where you’ve reached your capacity. You have reached your max. To be honest, everyone in ministry does. BUT, it is your choice what to do next. Burnout or Empower?

Obviously, it is best to empower others. But how? Well, here are some practical ways to START empowering others for ministry:

Healing from Brokenness: 5 Ways to Rebuild Trust When It Has Been Broken

This week, I have heard from three seasoned leaders about their trust journey in leadership. Each of these leaders have experienced bad leadership. They’ve dealt with mistrust, ineffective leadership, insecurities in power, mismanagement of finances and much more. And when organizations lead out of mistrust and hurt, human brokenness tends to rise. And trust deteriorates.

BUT,

How do your rebuild trust when you have lost it organizationally?
How do you heal from those who have lost your trust personally?
How do you regain influence when others don’t trust you?

These are great questions. In fact, most people do NOT know how to regain trust. Most live a life of unforgiveness, resentment, “saltiness”, suspicion. In other words, we live with ghosts. This effects everything we do and who we are. And ultimately, when leaders who do NOT trust, build trust, and/or rebuild trust then leadership, influence, and impact will plateau (and eventually decline).

This is why leaders NEED to rebuild trust and heal from mistrust.

Your MOST Important Leadership Task: 3 Ways to Lead Your Personal Life

Your most important leadership task is actually not a task. It will be a life-long journey. A reality that needs to be on the forefront of your leadership every single day!

It is the reality of taking care of those who are the closest to you - your spouse, your family, and yourself. This WILL be your most important leadership task…

The Best Leaders Are? 5 Ways to GROW in Your Leadership Today

The BEST leaders are not those who are necessarily great communicators, or strategic, or charismatic. The best leaders are not managerial. The best leaders are those who know how to be a servant. That’s right, the best leaders lead serving people. Here is why?

Feel free to take a complimentary servant leadership assessment here.

Emerging, Kingdom, Leadership, Millennials, iGenAndy GabruchJanuary 27, 2020Leadership, servanthood, mille, generation z, grow, JesusComment

Work While You Wait: The Death of Resumes and the Rise of Networks

Every year, I get a few people asking me to either be a reference on their resume and/or share their resume to potential hiring teams for job opportunities. This is great. With that said, I’m finding in my experience and relationships around me that resumes are coming to an end. Why?

Leadership, Ministry, KingdomAndy GabruchJanuary 10, 2020Comment

Leading Change Well: 3 Ways to Pastor Congregational Change

Fortunately, I have seen:

Historymaker jump 10% growth/year in the last 5 years; including 2 HM campuses,
Time-out revitalized and influencing more next gen leaders,
Planting 3 youth ministries in churches that didn’t have youth programs and representing 85 students,
Raising tens of thousands of dollars for next gen initiatives, and
Initiating an intentional national leadership certification for next gen leaders with the PAOC.

HOW did this happen? In short, it’s about strategic and intentional CHANGE.

Church, Emerging, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, Potential, SuccessAndy GabruchJanuary 6, 2020change, congregation, revitalizationComment

Building Bridges: 5 Ways the Church needs to Reconnect with Culture

First and foremost, this isn’t a post to bash the Church OR Culture. It’s about building bridges, understanding each other, and getting back to the divine purpose(s) of what the Church is meant to be. In light of the trending conversations over socials and Evangelicalism, here are some ways to reconnect.

Church, Kingdom, Leadership, Ministry, PotentialAndy GabruchJanuary 3, 2020evangelicals, evangelicalism, cultureComment

Veteran Moves to Plan a Great YM Year

If you fail to plan, you will plan to fail every time. This summer, make the most out of it by planning your youth ministry well. This post is about practically planning the school year well over the summer.

Things to Quit Every Day

Why you should quit…