Leading Beyond The Walls

Debi Nixon is the Executive Director of Adult Discipleship and Catalyst Ministry
Though the mountains be shaken, and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 54:10 NIV
On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck southern [...]

Adam Hamilton is the Sr. Pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
What will your congregation be doing to grow in their faith this Lenten season?  In twenty years as the senior pastor at the Church of the Resurrection the most impactful Lent we ever shared together as a church came as I led [...]

Jeff Kirby is the Minister of Discipleship and Men’s Ministry
I just returned from leading a group on a two week trip to Israel and Jordan.  We took several minutes to walk along the northern edge of the Sea of Galilee, just a stone’s throw from the historic remains of the Synagogue of Capernaum.  Was this [...]

Correy Trupp is the Director of Small Group Ministry
Chuck Russell is the Leadership Development Director
One of the perennial issues small group or Sunday school ministries face is the call to lead individuals deeper into the life of Christian discipleship.  While it is hard to find anyone who disagrees that the mission of the church is [...]

Susan Bell is the Director of Guest Services
Many of our churches experience higher worship attendance during Lent as new people, disengaged church members, and unchurched people anticipate Easter. They may have been brought up in a faith that practiced Lent and feel that they need to get back to the roots of their faith.  They [...]

Kevin Bogan is the Director of Traditional/Blended Worship Arts
Planning worship and the music resources used can be a complicated, but rewarding process.  The responsibility of leading people who are at different places in their faith walk to a deeper understanding of what’s happening in worship takes many different levels of preparation.  Selecting a piece of [...]

Debi Nixon, Executive Director of Adult Discipleship and Catalyst Ministry
Lessons in leadership surround us. Sometimes we make discoveries because we have intentionally  read a book or an article on leadership, or attended a conference, and other times we make discoveries in surprising ways. I just returned from New York City where my college-age daughter completed [...]

Dan Entwistle is the Managing Executive Director of Programs and Ministries.
If your church keeps doing more of what you’re doing today, what results could you reasonably expect in the coming years? 
While God is unchanging, those churches that stick with the same game plan year-after year will soon find that their best days are behind them.  [...]

Carol Cartmill is the Director of  Community Life. 
God can accomplish much more when all of the members of the body of Christ are fulfilling the purpose for which they were created—serving by using their God-given gifts and abilities.  The purpose of this article is to help you begin to think strategically about how you, as [...]

Jason Gant is the Director of Student Ministies.  Julie Peters is the Associate Director of Student Ministries. 
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection is committed to the renewal of The United Methodist Church and the mainline church.  Resurrection’s Student Ministries has developed and implemented an exciting ministry  to identify and raise up the next generation [...]