Leadership Development

   3M Meeting Network

Yes, it's a corporate page that would love to sell you some 3M products but this resource is too good to pass up. Each month they provide very good tips for meeting planners from presentation helps to how to come to consensus with a diverse group of people. You can sign up for the newsletter which alerts you to newly posted info.

   Christianity.net

Access to back issues of Christianity Today, Books & Culture, Campus Life, Chistian Parenting Computing Today, Leadership and many more magazines. Also articles of interest, chat rooms or community groups, and online purchasing.

   Computing Today's Critique of Web Sites

Computing Today's John LaRue regular column is archived here with explanations of various sites sure to be of interest to Christians and church leadership.

   Easum, Bandy & Associates

The links alone are worth the visit. But Bill Easum, Tom Bandy and a list of other church consultants want to equip and train innovative church leaders for ministry in the 21st century and provide resources, technical support and opportunities for networking.

   emergentvillage.com

Emergent describes itself as "a generative friendship among missional Christian leaders." Birthed out of those gathering for Leadership Network forums, this "village" now offers gatherings, discussions, resource lists and more.

   LeadersEdge

LeadersEdge is a leadership development process focusing on transformation. Leading through change requires spiritual and relational vitality as well as a unique set of learning disciplines. Participants in this almost 2-year process discover and experience transformation.

   Leadership Network

A network of networks that brings together information and resource personnel to address the specific needs of the large church, young leaders born after 1960, church champions such as consultants, researchers and information conduits, and those interested in mobilizing the laity.

   LeadNetChurchStaffing.com

A partnership between Leadership Network and ChurchStaffing.com, this site features ministry job openings, resumes, salary information, job descriptions and other resources specially designed for today's large church of 1000+ in weekly attendance.

   Leonard Sweet

Home page of Leonard Sweet, a church trend watcher and frequent speaker. His "Sweet's Soul Cafe" often has thought-provoking articles.

   Resume Helps: Church Personnel Information Services

The BGCT Church Personnel Information Services (214-828-5174 / 1-888-876-6530)created this website primarily toward providing an alternative method of: 1) Hosting resumes of ministers seeking churches and providing churches a way to locate prospective ministers 2) Hosting job openings for churches seeking ministers and providing ministers a way to locate prospective churches 3) Providing valuable information regarding development/re-development of new ministry positions 4) Providing valuable information for search committees, in their search for a new minister

   Saddleback Valley Community Church

Rick Warren is known as a pastor who shares his purpose-driven principles with other pastors. Here's the site that gives you a glimpse at the California church that is known around the world.

   Texas Leadership Development Network

With a goal of stronger leaders, stronger churches, this learning option seeks to take existing church leadership, potential church leadership and pastors and staff to the next level offering intensive comprehensive training in Christ-like character, Biblical and other Knowledge and Ministry Skills.

   YourChurch

Focuses on issues petaining to local church life -- excellent variety.