Aaron Marcelli | February 13, 2013
A little over two years ago we were knee deep in church planting. I was making plans to quit my job, we were looking at houses in another city, I was writing letters to potential staff members and donors, and we were enrolled with a school of church planting. I was immersed in the church [...]
Aaron Marcelli | April 19, 2012
From being involved in more and more leadership circles a trend I have noticed is the incredible amount of focus that gets put on a leader. I’ve seen this in classrooms, at conferences, in books, in big business, and in the church planting world. The focus of a lot of leadership training and strategy is [...]
Aaron Marcelli | March 21, 2012
Back in college I came up with something I called The Ministry Motives Test. I was very proud of myself for just the title. Talking about it made me feel intelligent. The test simply goes like this: What would you do if you saw someone else doing exactly what you wanted to do for God [...]
Aaron Marcelli | July 28, 2010
I have begun reading through the book of Nehemiah and just keeping a list of all the leadership principles I come across. I cannot believe a church planter has not written a book yet about all the principles in Nehemiah that apply to ministry and church planting. These leadership nuggets though apply to all fields [...]
Aaron Marcelli | May 23, 2010
I recently signed up for a volunteer leadership role at our church. I figure if I’m planning to one day start a church and lead people, it would probably be a good idea to do that now. And even though leading in the volunteer capacity of head usher was the only position they needed filled, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 29, 2009
It wasn’t until just last week, when I was talking to my pastor and he mentioned it, that I heard about Gary Lamb’s resignation. Gary was a church planter in Canton, Georgia who started a church in that community just five years ago. The church was purposeful in creating a casual atmosphere of grace, love, [...]
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