Celebrating Faithfulness

by | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  Encouragement is fuel for the soul. To encourage your group leaders, consider expressing appreciation in multiple ways so that all personality types will be receiving encouragement in their preferred way. Some leaders enjoy...

Celebration is Vital 

by | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  In 2014 Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, made it a point to write one thank you note each day. Douglas Conant the former CEO of Campbell’s Soup wrote at least 30,000 thank-you notes to employees over the...

Traits of a Church Planter

by | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  The desire to plant a church is not the same as a call to plant. Before we release people to start churches, we need to honestly evaluate their readiness to do so.  I encourage anyone who is seeking to plant to go through an...

Good for Both

by | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  As I write this, I am in France teaching church planters. In this country, like in most of Europe, there is a great need for new churches. Surveys show that somewhere between 2% and 10% of the population have a relationship with...

The Making of a Pastor

by | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  Joel Comiskey has helped the Church understand that cell leadership is not a gift-based ministry; it is a maturity-based ministry. That is, leading a cell does not require a certain set of spiritual gifts; it requires spiritual...