by Michael Bayne | Aug 25, 2017 | leadership
You realize by now that influence is a precarious thing. What can take years to build can be lost or squandered overnight. It happens every day to leaders, and often they’re the last to see it. So how do you end up losing influence as a leader, without even trying?...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 24, 2017 | community, leadership
For 20 years I worked as a youth minister in churches of all sizes. I’ve worked in churches where my presence constituted 10% of the attendance that day, and I’ve worked in churches where I was one of the thousands. I learned a lot through those experiences. I...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 23, 2017 | leadership
I entered ministry after a long career in the business world. I had significant life and leadership experience, but honestly, some of it was learned through tremendously painful experiences. Not only did I not have the pedigree of most pastors, it was actually...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 22, 2017 | leadership
Johnny Cash has a great song that perfectly sums up my ministry experience in both the good and the bad. I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere, man Crossed the deserts bare, man I’ve breathed the mountain air, man… Johnny Cash and I both...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 21, 2017 | Grace Community Church, Greenville Community Church, leadership
Hello…again! It’s been three years since I have written regularly here on my blog. Three years ago I intentionally took a break from writing. What I experienced in the gap was incredible and beautiful and challenging all at the same time! Let me try to...
