I just had a tough conversation with a fellow pastor. Not long ago, I had a tough conversation with a friend who is active in politics. Both of these conversations took me back to similar talks with my kids when they were in elementary and middle school. All of these had one thing in common:[…]
By John Kimball, D.Min. In my last post I talked about why people seem so quick to surrender to a congregational powerbroker. You can read that post here. In this second installment, I want to talk about how a church member can directly address the intimidation tactics of a powerbroker. Intimidation is fear. Intimidators utilize[…]
By John Kimball, D. Min. Powerbrokers. By their very nature they wield their power and influence in the church. Typically, unless the church is healthy enough to prevent them from doing so, they also leave a long wake of frustrated and broken relationships behind them. In my own pastoral experience and in my role as[…]