Leadership and Culture
There are universal biblical principles of leadership, but we must recognize that leadership does not operate in a vacuum. The way that leadership operates and…
How to Equip Spiritual Leaders
Yesterday I wrote about the central importance of equipping spiritual leaders. Today I want to share a few thoughts about the process of preparing people…
Why Leadership Training is Job #1
I want to follow up yesterday’s article about The Resource Pyramid with a few more thoughts about leadership training. This topic is not specific to…
The Resource Pyramid
I’d like to start this week by sharing the concept of The Resource Pyramid. This simple concept helps us to understand what we need to…
Maintaining Unity in a Chinese Church
How does a bilingual Chinese church maintain unity? It has to be more than history or convenience. There must be a vision that encompasses both…
Unity and Diversity in a Chinese Church
One of the big challenges in a bilingual Chinese church is to maintain the overall unity of the church while giving each congregation adequate freedom…
Why we don’t have a Senior Pastor
While I am on the topic of church structure I thought that I should explain why CFC does not have a Senior Pastor. I don’t…
A Tale of Two Mailboxes
Sometimes the way that things are actually done in a church are a better indicator of the true structure than what is written on paper.…
Models of Ministry in Chinese Churches
About 7-8 years ago someone gave me a copy of an article by Victor Lee of Toronto on “Models of Ministry in Chinese Churches.” I…
Growing Pains
In Chinese churches, we often compare the church to a family. Just as a family goes through many changes as the children grow up, immigrant…
Why Translated Services Don’t Work
Many Chinese churches use simultaneous side-by-side translation in their services. I have spoken many times in various churches using this arrangement. But I think that…
The CFC Story: Moving toward Maturity
Many Chinese churches are content to remain in Stage 3 of the development of the English Ministry (see the previous post). But there is one…