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    <title>Perspectives on Alternative Ministry Paradigms</title>
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      <title>A Simple &amp;amp; Cost-Effective Way For Church Leaders to Collaborate</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some time ago, a pastor of a 1,000 member church asked my opinion regarding the need for a server and local area network for the church. At that time I expressed that I believed these were essential tools for any church that is 650 people or larger.
It is very common for churches to add part-time and full time staff as they grow, yet fail to provide their staff with the tools they require to collaborate together as a team. In addition, when a church lacks a server/network, all important files m...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00032.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Intentionally Engineering Ministry Structures for Maximum Impact, Part 1: An Introduction</title>
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Every church organization exhibits a unique organizational personality. An organization’s personality type enables its leadership to effectively recruit and mobilize people with some ministry temperaments, while impeding the recruitment and mobilization of others. 
At this point it may be helpful to distinguish between the big “C” universal Church, and the little “c” local church. Within Christ’s universal Church, you are a vital member with an essential ministry role. However, the local chur...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00031.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Intentionally Engineering Ministry Structures for Maximum Impact, Part 2: Cultural Modification</title>
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Unlike human ministry temperaments, which can mature but cannot be altered, organizational personalities may be intentionally modified. This is accomplished by positioning the appropriate people, who possess the necessary ministry temperaments, into key positions of influence. The goal in this culture-modification process is to broaden and deepen a church organization’s ministry impact by intentionally including more of the various parts of the body of Christ within its mission. 
A healthy an...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00030.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:02:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Intentionally Engineering Ministry Structures for Maximum Impact, Part 3: Beginning the Engineering</title>
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It is impossible for churches to perfectly balance all the opposing values in each personality quadrant. If this “perfect” balance could be found, then all churches would simply be clones of one another, and so would look alike, function alike, and serve alike. The goal of cultural modification is not to make every church alike. Rather, the goal is to allow diverse ministry temperaments to play appropriate and supportive roles within the ministry’s unique mission and organizational development...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00029.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
      <link>http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00029.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:58:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AssessME.org...Mobilize People For Ministry As Never Before Possible!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[       ...You Were Made For A Mission!For several years, E-Church Essentials has received requests from main-stream churches who were not yet ready for all our postmodern online ministry tools, to output our Online Assessment Center as a stand alone program.  We have been working on fulfilling this request over the past year.  The result?  AssessME.org (http://www.assessme.org) is now alive!AssessME.org converts any ministry website into an online assessment center designed exclusively for lay m...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00028.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
      <link>http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00028.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:32:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Spiritual Formation Ministry Model for the Local Church</title>
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Jerry:
You had asked me for input on your sermon diagram.  What I wish to offer you is not intended in any way as a critique of your “Purpose-Driven” mission model, but I hope to offer an entirely different perspective on the purpose of the Church.  My perspective is no more valid than your perspective…it’s just different.  What I share with you is a glimpse into my own spiritual journey.  Take what I offer you to God and see what He says about it.
For many years I had been a proponent of th...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00027.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
      <link>http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00027.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Free Online Webinar: TEAM DYNAMICS</title>
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August is the month for gearing-up and mobilizing our ministry teams.  However, before you get too far along in the process, please have all your staff and key lay leaders view my FREE online webinar entitled “The Dynamics of Team Building”.  The content within this webinar will help you construct effective ministry teams as never before, and also help you understand why some teams you have created in the past exhibited minimal impact.
 
I have also included in the webinar an integrated asse...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00026.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
      <link>http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00026.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:34:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Pew Internet &amp;amp; American Life Report on Podcasting</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pew Internet and American Life study has released a report on the progress of Podcasting...the practice of broadcasting MP3 audio files via RSS-capable blogs and websites that may be downloaded to personal computer's and MP3 portable players.  Select the link below to view the full report in pdf format...&gt;&gt; View Report
Podcasting?  What is that and why should I care?That's what many ministry professionals often ask me.  They have heard about podcasting, but they don't understand its a...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00025.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
      <link>http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00025.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Pew Internet &amp;amp; American Life Report on Blogging</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pew Interent and American Life Study released a report on the status of blogging.  This year alone, blogging readership increased 58%.  Select the link below to view the full report in pdf format...&gt;&gt; View Report<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00024.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
      <link>http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00024.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:48:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Easy Way To Survey Your Membership Base</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Just this past week I spoke with a person who is on staff with the Communication department of a major Christian college.  The Communication department evidently had developed a survey, seeking input for the future direction and offerings of the department.  Their survey had been developed in a traditional paper format for mass-mailing.  Although I do not know the the specifics of this project, let's do a little cost-accounting analysis using approximate expenditures:


Staff Development:  25...<br/><a href="http://blogs.echurchnetwork.net/clayfeet/permalink/00023.aspx">LINK</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:46:23 GMT</pubDate>
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