Listening: Its Importance

By Ralph Neighbour Over the last few weeks I have been observing a home cell leader who begins each session with his laptop open. He is married to the instructions given to him by the church office. First of all, the announcements of upcoming events are presented,...

How to Improve Your Listening Skills

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The first condition for listening well to people is to prepare the environment. People need to build trust and the right environment to express their concerns and problems. This usually takes time. If we have only reserved a few minutes...

Effective Listening

By Robert Lay, Cell Church Ministry Brazil, www.celulas.com.br People have two ears and one mouth to listen two times more than speak.  Some people do just the opposite. Their tongues are not connected to their brains and has a mind of its own. It is a loose organ...

3 Keys to Great Listening

By Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission  (www.mscottboren.org), Twitter@mscottboren Show Interest in People’s Interests Years ago, I read the book How to Win Friends and Influence People. One thing stood out to me. Dale Carnegie writes about how he can...

Guidelines for Leading through Listening

By Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission  (mscottboren.org) , Twitter@mscottboren The degree to which we listen to each other will be the degree to which we experience the presence of Jesus in the midst of our groups. To listen to one another requires that...