Mike Ayers
Ministry Demands & Hearing from God
Every pastor knows what it’s like to be asked to do a funeral for someone who does not attend your church. Most of us have plenty of...
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Mike Ayers
- May 25, 2021
- 5 min
Dependence Upon Christ for Pastors
That which makes us weak in ourselves makes us dependent upon Christ. This paradoxical truth is at the heart of Christianity and applies...
Mike Ayers
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
Caution and Help for the Hyperdriven Leader
According to Wookieepedia (the Star Wars Wiki of course), hyperdrive is a type of propulsion system that allows a starship to enter...
Mike Ayers
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
LEADING YOUR TEAM OUT OF GOSSIP
People love to spread juicy chatter about others— especially if it was intended to remain private. There’s something in everyone that...
Mike Ayers
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
What Comes First in Building a Great Team
Many have claimed that the 1985 Chicago Bears was the best team in NFL history. With an 18-1 record, steamrolling over everyone in the...
Mike Ayers
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Trust Account and Four Ways Leaders Grow It
At the foundation of every relationship is the dynamic of trust. Without it, you don’t have relationship. Trust is the invisible currency...
Mike Ayers
- Jan 6, 2021
- 6 min
FOUR THINGS TO CONSIDER IN A TRANSITION FROM YOUR CHURCH
If you are transitioning out of a ministry role, or considering doing so, it might be helpful to think through a few things. I recently...
Mike Ayers
- Dec 18, 2020
- 4 min
BEYOND POWER, LEADERS NEED CREDIBILITY
One famous line from the movie Braveheart comes from a confrontation between William Wallace and the nobles of Scotland (wealthy...
Mike Ayers
- Nov 20, 2020
- 5 min
Leaders Learn from Conflict
Conflict and ongoing relational stress in the workplace can take its toll in a unique way. Resolving the problem with the other person is...
Mike Ayers
- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
Vision's Power
The concept of vision in leadership is the subject of a plethora of books and articles. While often misunderstood and misapplied, leader...
Mike Ayers
- Sep 23, 2020
- 6 min
WHILE WE'RE WAITING
There is a story of a man who noticed the great patience that a mother was displaying with her crying daughter at the grocery store. At...
Mike Ayers
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
The Faith Walk of Leadership
What faith means in the context of doing a leadership task or achieving a leadership mission can be complex. Hebrews 11:1 says that...
Mike Ayers
- Jun 10, 2020
- 5 min
Leading from Title or Trust
After the fall, leadership—just like everything else in the world—was stained with sin. Though the world changed, the heart of God for...
Mike Ayers
- Apr 2, 2020
- 4 min
Vision's Power
Sharing vision means speaking to potential. It is first a leader believing what is possible, then communicating to others what can be,...
Mike Ayers
- Feb 28, 2020
- 5 min
The Character Crisis
As a teacher in Christian leadership, I assign my students the task of creating a “life map” at the beginning of their course of study....
Mike Ayers
- Mar 18, 2019
- 4 min
Your Leadership Structure May Not Be the Problem
The New Testament is conspicuously silent with respect to details on church governance and decision-making. Jesus never used the word...
Mike Ayers
- Jan 30, 2019
- 7 min
5 Ways to Last 20 Years in the Same Church
In January, I began my twenty-fourth year as founding and current pastor of my church here in northwest Houston. Statistics reveal that...
Mike Ayers
- Apr 6, 2018
- 6 min
Humble Before God
The first two years of life are all about the struggle of learning to walk and talk. These are the basics at this age. Learning to talk...
Mike Ayers
- Mar 27, 2018
- 4 min
Three Benefits to Healthy Conflict
Some go into ministry romanticizing what it will be like. They imagine that everyone will always get along and that people will love...
Mike Ayers
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
Decisions and Destinations
One of the great axioms of life (and one of the harshest) is that our decisions determine our destination. We arrive at certain places in...
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