Amazima Ministries

A Definition of Strategic Leadership “The key to strategic planning is competent strategic leadership.” Strategic leadership requires personal outlook of the church which will increase the involvement and ministry outreach of the congregants. Strategic leadership in the twenty-first century has increased as the rising Millennial generation places new aspects of leadership which require higher standards more relevance from the church; becoming transparent. Malphurs stresses the concern of the church

The overwhelming evidence of God’s truth in my life seems to have come at the greatest moments of weakness. Like a gambler, who in pursuit of extreme opportunity for financial wealth, he sets himself up for a big score and must lay his cards on the table; or when, after a young man finds true romantic love in the eyes of the woman of his dreams, he risks the potential loss of the relationship in order to ask her hand in marriage, so must we be willing to risk everything in order to meet Christ.

The Ministry of Catholic Educations says that youth ministry is a “response to the mission entrusted by Christ.” God told his disciples in Matthew chapter twenty eight verse nineteen ‘Go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit.’ And youth ministry is one of the many ways the Catholic Church is doing this. As stated in the Occupational Outlook Handbook, recreational workers create programs that can be altered to specific age

A Description and Scope of the Issue of Ministry Burnout The Scope of the Issue of Burnout Ministry burnout is a problem for the minister who is burned out, the family of the minister, and the churches they serve. Adding to the problem is, “There are still many in the churches who refuse to recognize that there is a problem with what is today called ‘clergy burnout’” (Randall, 2013, p. 334). When a church will not acknowledge there is a potential problem, the minister will be left to deal with

The book Leading From the Second Chair discusses what it is like to lead from the second chair. This was a semi-new concept for me. I have always heard of leadership and know that it is something special, however, I never thought of leading from the second chair. This phrase means being a leader but not the person in charge. This is something that is foreign to me. I have always though that a leader is in charge of their section and other leaders are in charge of their section and eventually

The premise of Cannister’s book is that when teenagers matter, everything changes in student ministry. Cannister uses the introduction to look at four basic core principles that have lasted almost a century. First there is having a clarity of purpose which, without, a youth ministry will crumble. Second is exemplifying authentic leadership. This is not someone being perfect but genuine with youth. Third is the overall goal: transformation of lives. Lastly there is creating and maintaining genuine

In OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook, Kendra Creasy Dean goes over several different ways on how to do youth ministry in today’s world. Through reading this book and evaluating Grace United Methodist Church, I have noticed several things that need to be fixed. One of the main things is the youth group lesson focus and the way the youth relate to one another. One of the things that I have learned from reading Dean’s book is that everything you do has to be tied back to the Bible. I have always known

This course has helped me prepare for ministry in the twenty-first century by enlightening me in areas and categories I knew nothing about. Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children”. Knowledge is powerful, and the desire to obtain it, especially when it’s conducive to our walk of faith should be something

In a season rich with new experiences, it is an interesting time to assess my spiritual growth. This has been an unsettling time of redefining and restructuring my life and a season of isolation from the ways of ministry that bring me joy. Letting go of all expectation, labels, definitions and outcomes has not come easily for me. However, pealing it all off has been very freeing and revealing. Having a long-established practice of seeking connection and revelation through the indwelling Spirit

Called by God! Am I called by God? That is a very good question. I have had a tough time with this question, with this statement. How could God call a person to ministry that can't get this walk right? I have struggled so much that I often felt as though I was a wolf in sheep's clothing. That maybe I was a present day Judus. That maybe I was here to prove that all this was fake. That there was no way to live a life pleasing to our God. That we can't really give up our fleshly desires to serve