What has been your character transformation in 2020? It is my belief that character is an ever-transforming part of who we are. Your character is in a continuous state of change. Factors affecting character include, your age, life’s experiences, acquired knowledge, and relationships. As we age and gain more life experiences our character should reflect the impacts of those experiences on us personally and in how we treat others.

Would you agree with me, that as believers in Christ our character transformation should always be pointing toward greater Christlikeness? As we enter the third month of 2021 our character should reflect a greater sense of who Christ is and the great phenomena He has provided than we had entering March 2020.

Our goal and outcome every year should be to be more Christlike than the previous year. After all is this not discipleship? To be more Christlike requires greater in-depth study of God’s Word, intense time with God, getting to know Him. It will always require heart, mind and, soul searching, asking God to reveal and remove those areas that have kept us from serving Him whole-heartedly, surrendering ALL.

The dictionary defines character as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. I believe this definition is incomplete. The mental deals with the brain and cognitive application. The moral deals with the heart and the seat of emotion. The portion missing from this dictionary definition is the spiritual. We all have a soul and as the mental deals with the mind, the moral with the heart, so the spiritual relates directly to the soul. The mental, moral, and spiritual make up the complete being for each of us. Without considering the spiritual input into our character, are we not incomplete?

As believers, Disciples of Jesus Christ, the continual development of our spiritual being will impact our mental and our moral qualities. To ignore or slack off the spiritual maturation in any given year could be likened to eating only sugar for one year. The consequences will bring about serious health issues, including hospitalization or death. You would not do that to your body, why would you consider doing it to your soul?

This is one reason to stay connected to a local church, a local body of believers all working together to grow mentally, morally, and spiritually. Serving together with others in the body of Christ provides greater avenues of resources to study and grow into Christlikeness. Being part of discipleship small groups is great for the mental learning and moral practicing of the spiritual teachings.

These small groups should not only meet together to study but should be actively and regularly serving together in the community. Christians who come together to study and then to practice their discipleship to the lost community are the believers who will experience growth in all three character areas; mental, moral, and spiritual.

Attending church does not make you a believer or a growing disciple. If you desire to follow God, you need to be actively engaged in a character building, disciple-making small study group. This is what builds the three areas of character.

Are you involved in any discipleship character building groups? If not, what can you do this week to find or start one? If you are engaged in one, how has your character improved this past year?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

Is my life compelling evidence that there is a living God of the Bible? The incarnation and resurrection of Jesus Christ is God’s undeniable evidence to man that he is a live and well. But, the question remains, “Is my life compelling evidence that God is alive and that He loves me and a lost world?” Is your life compelling evidence that He is alive? When people meet you and when they get to know you, do they stand in awe of a living, loving God living through you?

You are not God and neither am I. But we are called to live our life in such a way that the world around us sees God, hears God, and is drawn into a personal relationship with Him. And yet, in the flesh this is impossible. If God’s Holy Spirit is not free to rule and to reign in every area, every corner, every closet of your life, you cannot fully serve God as He created you to.

I have a pastor friend who many of you may know. My friend was on a trip to Nashville, TN recently to help his daughter move. While moving furniture into her apartment on December 7th he collapsed. His wife and daughter began doing CPR until paramedics arrived. My friend was suffering from v-fib. Not only his heart, but medical personnel were also deeply concerned with brain damage and other organ failure which often accompanies v-fib. An induced coma was administered on day one and several severe procedures to keep him alive.

Within a few short days he was awake, speaking with and asking to pray with hospital staff and others. His healing progression was advancing so quickly he became known as the miracle man throughout the hospital. People were coming to he and his family asking to be prayed for and praying for him as well.

He and his family shared and prayed with many people in the hospital. My pastor friend preached a Christmas Eve message to his church from the hospital – 17 days after his collapse. No brain damage and 100% cognitive skills were retained. This my friends is truly a miracle of God. He was released from the hospital on December 26. There is much more to this incredible story of God’s miracle in this pastor’s life and His concern for the eternity of others.

Just days after his collapse, still not knowing what was ahead in his recovery, this man was showing compassion and concern for others. My friend, Barry and his wife Marci who I’ve known for a couple decades are truly living life with a compelling evidence that the God of the Bible is alive and cares for all people. Not only with this incident, their lives have been living evidence for years and it shows. The question remains for you and me, Is my life compelling evidence that there is a living God of the Bible?

While this should have been a 4-6 month journey, on January 10, 34 days after his collapse my friend and his wife stood before their congregation and shared their story. I entreat you to watch their testimony at the following link. hbc 10:30AM Contemporary Service – 01/10/21 – YouTube I cannot give justice to this working of God in 500 words. There is much more of God in this story than I could possibly write in this post. Please watch, you’ll be beyond encouraged and inspired!

May their story stimulate you to live a life of compelling evidence for our Living God!

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

“Perhaps the greatest tragedy of our time is that we have kept our pews and lost our children.” Erwin McManus. Has our passion in the church become more furniture focused than God focused? Honestly, not in every church is the focus on its furnishings. But where has our focus turned in the church. The implication here is that we, the church, have turned our focus from God to something else, and many in the church would want to quickly denounce that premise. Yet, I will respond to that denunciation with one question.

If our focus were still on God, would the vast majority of our churches be in decline? Don’t get me wrong, we come together to speak and sing about God. We pray to God. We give to the church for God. But is our focus on God as He desires? Is our focus on God as was the church in the book of Acts? I have been in churches where more time was spent discussing the carpet, scuff marks on the hallway floors, and paint colors to use than time spent in prayer.

I’ve been in “prayer meetings” where thirty minutes were spent sharing prayer requests and talking about others and at the end one person offered a one-minute prayer for all the concerns. The average regular church attender spends less than thirty minutes in prayer each week – an average of 27 minutes. This includes prayers in worship services, before meals, and bedtime among other prayer times. There are 168 hours or 336 half hours in a week. Twenty-seven minutes is less than 1/336 of our week. We spend more time brushing our teeth.

If our focus were on God would we not spend more than 1/336 of our time communing with Him? Is it possible that after all the sermons and homilies we’ve heard, all the Bible studies we’ve been part of, all the ministry opportunities we’ve been afforded, that our focus is still more on our comfort and pleasure than on the God of the Bible?

Is our focus more on our buildings than God’s Commission to service? You can check your heart here by your first thoughts after reading or hearing this question; If God stood before you today and said, “Your building is a hindrance to serving me fully. Will you give up your church buildings and everything inside to follow me?”

What if God asked you to give every dollar in your personal/family bank accounts to help pay off the mortgage of your church? And if God stated that He wanted you to quit your job next week, pack up your family and move to Zimbabwe in four weeks, what would be your first thoughts?

God may never ask you anything like those scenarios, but where is your focus. Would you have without hesitation said yes to each of those situations – and followed through. It is likely that most church attenders/believers would desire to discuss other possibilities with God before making those tough decisions.

God blessed Abraham with only one son. When God told Abraham to take his son and offer him as a sacrifice (killing his only son in obedience to God), Abraham began preparing. He did not question God. He did not enter into a debate with God. Abraham was totally surrendered to God. (Genesis 22)

We sing songs like I Surrender All, and we say that we are wholeheartedly sold-out to God, yet is our focus fully on God or on our comfort in the pleasures and materials of this world? If God were sitting across from you right now, what would He ask of you to give up in order to serve Him more fully?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

With very little education space, Pastor Jason realized numerical growth in the Sunday morning Bible study had reached its pinnacle. Originally built for a horse barn the church had creatively remodeled the building to accommodate a worship space and a few classrooms. There simply was no more room to add additional Sunday morning Bible study classes and little room to add newcomers to existing classes.

After months in prayer and brainstorming, Pastor Jason and the church leaders brought a plan before the church. A risky plan in human eyes and in traditional church terms. The plan, scrap Sunday morning Bible study. Now, that’s not the term they used, but they were going to move Bible study to other times during the week using other locations.

I’m not in favor of doing away with Sunday School. So when Jason first approached me with the idea, I was cautious, but listened. Over the next couple of months, they would bring their workings and ideas to me and then to a team from within the church. We discussed, I would caution or suggest in certain areas, they would go back and iron out the bugs, then we would meet again to discuss. Jason, his staff, and the team had really thought this through. They had a plan, more than a plan.

Every Sunday morning in July included a training meeting for every person who would lead and participate in one of the new small in home groups. Then the launch. An instant increase of more than 20% in attendance was realized immediately. Additional groups were needed due to increase in new servants for second quarterly cycle and the following one as well.

One of the key ingredients was active ministry engagement by each small home group. Not necessarily as you might find in most churches though. One requirement for each small group designed and built into the training was that each group would choose a ministry – outside the church – they could be engaged in as a group and they would serve together at least once each month at that ministry location. Some chose food pantries, nursing homes, and any “others oriented” local ministries where they could physically serve together.

This church installed in their small group ministry a means to not only talk about discipleship, but to demonstrate discipleship on a regular basis and doing it together. The work of the gospel and the Holy Spirit is manifested through ministry (serving others).

This church has become a disciple-making church realizing that the church does not exist only for its members. By building in this model of ministry the church was building into their culture of connection; connecting to God and one another through Bible study and connecting to a lost world by serving them together. They also realized a principle for what makes people stick, serving together. People serving together will stick and you grow disciples through serving together.

What is your take-away from this article for your life personally, and for your church’s effective fruitfulness?

George Yates is an Organizational Health Strategist and coach, assisting churches, organizations, and individuals in pursuing God’s purpose for life. Click here to receive this blog in your email inbox each Tuesday.

If I ask any member of your church who is welcome to attend your church, what answers would I hear. In most cases it would be the same, “Everyone is welcome!” Yet, when I walk into your worship service whom will I see? Will I see numerous ethnicities and various socio-economic groups? Will the congregation reflect the population of the neighborhoods around your church? What draws certain people groups to particular churches and deflects other groups?

One key is the culture within the church. Is it possible that the culture within most of our churches is narrow in its focus, to one or two particular groups of people? Walk into most churches across the U.S. and you will find that most everyone in the building look very similar. You will find 95+ percent in any church are of the same ethnicity, dressed alike, and in close proximity in socio-economic status. Is there a biblical reason causing us to attract people who are like us and to deflect others?

No. There is no biblical reason. But it is easier to attract those like us. It is within our comfort zone and requires less work. Also, there are worship practice differences amongst ethnic groups. As each of us has grown up in or been part of a particular worship atmosphere, we tend to favor that style and worship order. We consider our custom of worship to be the true reverence in worship. This is where every church builds its worship culture. Unfortunately, it becomes a high hurdle for outsiders – except those who are accustomed to “our worship” culture.

What could God do within your community if your church transitioned its culture to truly accept anyone whom He brings you in contact with? I’m not only speaking of your style of worship. This article is about the culture in your church. Believe it or not the culture inside your church membership will and does keep people from joining you, even for one visit. The church in North America is missing a culture of connection.

How do you begin to develop a culture of connection? You may not believe this but, first must be prayer. And the first prayer -concerted effort from the body of believers- must be to repent and ask God to reveal to you the walls inside your church that have been erected that keeps people from joining you in worship and service. Not an easy task, but those walls must be demolished. This can only be accomplished by God.

Second, to create a culture of connection we must understand that our assignment is not to clone newcomers to be “like us”. We are to equip them to be like Christ. Instead of holding them at arm’s length until “they have proven themselves,” we must view every person who will join us in our spiritual community as a gift from God revealing that our work in His kingdom is not yet finished.

Third, we need to surrender our King of the Mountain ministry mindset. Like the childhood game, we often kick, push and shove any new ideas of ministry out of the building, clinging to our decade’s old traditions of ministry. Many of which have borne no fruit for years. A culture of connection can be a birthplace for new engaging ministry opportunities.

To create a culture of connection in your church, pray. Pray that God would loose you from the shackles that bind His ministry and keep others from joining in His work. God has a plan. How many in the community around you could God bring in when your church culture becomes a culture of connecting people of all statuses to Him?

George Yates is a Church Health Strategist and coach partnering with pastors, churches, individuals, and organizations, assisting patrons in becoming effective in fulfilling their God-given purpose.

In a post from 2014 I wrote about a ministry provided by the church where I had served several years prior. We called the ministry Discovery Dinner. I guess you could say it was my brainchild, but it was far greater than I could have planned or implemented. Our first Discovery Dinner had fourteen guests not currently active in any church. Six months later we had realized an addition of 26 – 28 people to our active membership from that first dinner. That is an unparalleled 200 percent return.

While not every Discovery Dinner produced that well, when we shut them down some two plus years later, they were still fruit producing ministry endeavors. One of the major keys to the success of Discovery Dinners was gift oriented, passion driven ministry. True servanthood through gift oriented, passion driven ministry will always be a key to fruitful outcomes.

In this case, I dreamed the dream, and shared it with the staff. We molded and shaped it to best for our church membership and their giftings. Then I sat down with my administrative assistant and share the vision of this ministry with her. She knocked this one out of the park. Not that she did it herself, she too had help. She caught the vision, realized what was needed and sat out recruiting. We had a couple in the church who loved to cook – and they were very good cooks. They cooked everything from scratch, no mixes, no restaurant supply ready made meats or dishes. To this day it is hard for me to find Prime Rib like Steve cooked. Others would say the same about the hand made chicken cordon-bleu or other dishes he made. And Edie’s desserts and salads were impeccable.

But that was only the kitchen. LeeAnn, my assistant recruited florists and others to decorate and design the room turning our “fellowship hall” into a five-star dining room. When you walked in, well, remarkable is the only word that comes to mind. Some members of the church were to be conversationalists around the table. Some brought guests for the dinner. Other age groups of members were recruited to be servers for the evening all dressed in black pants or skirts and white shirts or blouses. Some were recruited to provide childcare for children of members and guests.

It was truly a top in class evening for everyone. The key to success was the diversity of people involved in servanthood. Each one, recruited to use his/her giftings and passions. I can’t give you exact numbers, but I’d say we had thirty to forty-five church members engaged in each Discovery Dinner. Each one recruited for his/her giftings and passions to serve.

That was the best outreach event I’ve ever been connected with. Yet, I have never tried to implement them at any other church I’ve served or worked with in any capacity. Some people ask, “Why not?” Simple, that was the right ministry for the people in that church at that time in history. God utilized the giftings and passion of the members to accomplish His purpose and grow His kingdom. The church realized an average increase of just over ten (10) percent every year for several year even after God led me away. The growth was not because of Discovery Dinners, but because the staff had built a culture of servanthood through gift-oriented, passion driven ministry.

Please contact me for more information on gift-oriented, passion driven ministry.

George Yates is a Church Health Strategist and coach partnering with pastors, churches, individuals, and organizations, assisting patrons in becoming effective in fulfilling their God-given purpose.

I have conversations on a regular basis with pastors and other church leaders where the following question comes into play. Whether asked directly or implied through frustration and despair this question is paramount in our society of declining churches. “Why are our ministries not producing spiritual fruit?” In most cases, other questions are being asked when indeed this is the sole question behind the majority.

The unique gifting of God’s people drives fruitful ministry when organizational structure does not hinder the Holy Spirit’s usage of God’s people and their giftings. Many of our churches have a similar structure as they have had for decades. Where this becomes a ball and chain holding the church (people) back is when the structure does not allow a person to grow and utilize his/her spiritual gifts, natural abilities, and talents as God designed.

Instead of strapping people with the bureaucracy of structure we should welcome new biblically relevant ministry concepts. It is natural to have some guidelines. Guidelines are healthy within any organization. However, when guidelines become restraining devices, God’s design is squelched, not by the people, but by the structure within the church. One excellent guideline should be; as long as this new ministry idea lies within the passion and giftedness of our people as gifted by God.

The unique gifting of God’s people drives fruitful ministry when tradition does not hinder the Holy Spirit’s usage of God’s people and their giftings. In many of our churches we allow “They way we’ve always done it” to rule what we attempt to accomplish for God. There are some good traditions. However, many of the traditions we adhere to in our churches prohibit people from using their gifting from God.

When only one person is allowed to play a particular instrument, one type of music, a set time is the only time we can have worship or Bible study, we have allowed tradition to over rule God’s gifting of His saints. Tradition can be anything we do for three weeks consecutively. It is easy to fall into the rut of tradition and completely miss out on the blessings of God’s giftedness on His people.

People will serve out of their passion and giftedness as long as tradition and organizational structure do not place barriers to utilizing God’s giftedness. God has gifted each of us uniquely compels us to utilize all of those giftings in fulfilling The Great Commission. The unique gifting of God’s people drives fruitful ministry.

Take time today to contemplate what needs to be addressed in your church and in your life to remove the barriers and let people feel the freedom of serving God through their giftings? You might say, “We already do that. We encourage them, but they will not serve.” If that is your first thought, you are likely not experiencing spiritual fruit and your church likely still has an issue with organizational structure or tradition or both. Certainly, these are not the only two factors hindering spiritual fruitfulness, but in all my conversations with pastors and others concerning this issue, one or both of these come into play. What will you do personally to activate your own spiritual giftings to serve God more effectively in 2021 than in past years, producing His Spiritual fruit?

George Yates is a Church Health Strategist and coach partnering with pastors, churches, individuals, and organizations, assisting patrons in becoming effective in fulfilling their God-given purpose.

The founding of our nation was on the unity of certain things, freedoms. Freedom of religion was paramount. Our founding Fathers did not agree on everything, but it seems they were in unity on the freedom of religion. Freedom from tyrannical government impeding religion.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were on opposite sides of the aisle on many issues, yet they worked together through the years. After they left the active roles in politics, Adams living in Massachusetts, Jefferson in Virginia they did not communicate for years largely due to the distance and mode of travel in their day. Later in life though they once again began exchanging letters until their deaths. These letters reveal much about each man and his love for this young nation. The letters provide a very interesting study.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, friends with differences of opinion and political favor, lived in unity and friendship for religious freedom and a free nation. It is reported that other than his wife, Adams corresponded more with Jefferson than any other person. Interestingly enough, both men, signers of the Declaration of Independence which was ratified on July 4^th 1776, died fifty years later to the day on July 4^th 1826. These friends even died in unity on the very same day, Adams (90) in Massachusetts and Jefferson (83) in Virginia.

Today, it seems unity is fleeting, fleeting from our national leaders, from our nation’s citizens and from within the church. Christianity in the United States today is often based more on our preferences than the unity of the body. We want our music and preaching style at our preferred time and within our preferred time limits. Instead of the unity of the New Testament church found in the book of Acts, ours has become a Christianity of comfort. As believers in Christ, we are called to unite around sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. This Good News is the Love and justness of a Holy God. If we cannot show respect and love for one another inside the church how can we expect the world to believe in a God we so disrespect.

Jesus’ entire life demonstrated unity between He and the Father. He even prayed for our unity, “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; ²¹ that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” John 17:20-21

Our nation needs prayer indeed. Yet our greatest need may be for unity inside the body of Christ first – unity in Him – that the world might believe God sent Christ.

What if instead of fussing, demeaning others inside and outside the church, we came together in unity to fight the hunger and devastations of the pandemic we’re in? What if we put our resources and talents together, in unity, sharing the Love of God? What if we lived as Jesus taught, putting the comforts of preference behind us in an effort to bring our corner of the world to a saving grace found only in Jesus.

You have gifts, talents, and a voice that can speak either for God or against Him. Which do you choose today?

George Yates is a Church Health Strategist and coach partnering with pastors, churches, individuals, and organizations, assisting patrons in becoming effective in fulfilling their God-given purpose.

Two brothers who live 60 miles apart, sitting at a kitchen table when their discussion turns to helping others as the new year begins. One reveals of sharing ten-dollar bills with restaurant and café workers affected by Covid-19. “It’s not much, but it is a gift.” With each one handed out the words, “Merry Christmas. Jesus Loves you!” were also rendered. In one small café when receiving his sandwich, he counted out a ten-dollar bill for every employee of the café. Turning back for a quick glance as he reached the door, it was easy to identify the expressions on the employees faces as they received one of the bills.

The other brother smiling from ear to ear stated, “Funny you would say that. I gathered some $20 bills and got some Christmas cards, placed the bills in the cards and handed them out randomly. One grandmother at the gas pump with her daughter and a couple grandchildren in the car.” He shared, “When I first spoke to her and extended the card, she was pretty rasp. She said, “Who are you and what is it?” The brother smiled and said “Merry Christmas.” extending the envelope with the Christmas card and the $20 bill inside. The lady still wasn’t receptive until her daughter said, “Mom, just take it.” Imagine the surprise on the faces of those two women when the got in the car and opened the envelope to find $20 from a stranger.

Jesus prayed that we would be one, united in our love for God and for one another. He told His disciples “They (those who know not God) will know you are my disciples by your love for one another. The “one another” is important. And I believe it is being missed by many who include themselves in the family of God.

Again, today I read a social media post from a Christian who was bashing other Christians whose political stance was different from her own. The word bashing is being polite. I’ve never been part of a church where everyone was of the same political mindset. Yet, I have never seen the spewing of hate from inside the church as now. The hatred of the world has not crept, it has bounded, into the church. How can we share the Love of a Holy God if we cannot even show love to others inside the church?

We, the church in North America – the people who call themselves believers- have missed out on so many great God-given opportunities to be the church in 2020. Something as simple as handing out ten-dollar bills to those who may be struggling due to the hardships of the year. Not only money, who could you have been a listening ear for, just listen and pray with one, two, or ten people. Each one of us could have done that for three to ten people every week!

Being a Christian is not about spewing hatred or beating others over the head each time they mess up. Being a Christian is about sharing God’s love, showing people that you care. In 2020 we, the living church, had the opportunity to truly show the watching world that we care. As part of God’s church, how does the watching world think differently of you than one year ago? How have they seen Christ in you? What will you change about you in 2021 – will the world know that you care?

Two brothers living sixty miles apart, the same year, deciding to share with others in similar fashion because God cares.

George Yates is a Church Health Strategist and coach partnering with pastors, churches, individuals, and organizations, assisting patrons in becoming effective in fulfilling their God-given purpose.

To have fruitful spiritual leadership one must have healthy relationships. First, one must have a healthy relationship with God, leading to healthy relationships with others. This is the beginning point for forming and fostering a healthy disciple building community. Many pastors and leaders in the church today have a spiritual relationship with God yet lack the identification of living a life of Godly spiritual leadership.

Being a student of the Bible is great and should be one of the top 2-3 attributes of all pastors and church leaders. Yet being a student of the Bible does not make one a great leader. Being a good pastor with outgoing friendly people skills is also great, but not an indicator of fruitful spiritual leadership. Perhaps we have bought into the idea that leadership is influence – and indeed influence is a significant part of leadership.

Spiritual leadership is more than influence. Leadership is bringing others along with you. That means not expecting anyone to do that which you are not willing to or have not already done. The essence of fruitful leadership is to bring along and to guide. Fruitful spiritual leadership then is to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit while bringing others along with you. Growing together while accomplishing the work of our Lord.

In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, “You will be my witnesses…” The word ‘you’ is plural. Jesus did not say you will be my witness. This was not a command for one person. Nor was it for only the eleven who had been closest to Him.

This early New Testament church in the book of Acts grew rapidly. It did so because the Apostles and early responders knew that all growth comes only through the Holy Spirit. Along with this was the realization that it was not only about the few who had been educated by Christ in person. The comprehension is that Jesus’ command was for those present the day He spoke those words and all who would be joining them to take an active part in the movement. Every believer is a disciple.

Whenever Spiritual Leadership is present, aka the Holy Spirit is leading, there is a movement. Read scripture and you will see that when the Holy Spirit is present there is a movement like the wind. In Acts chapter 2 verses 2-3 we read, “Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.”

From Genesis 1:2 we read of the Holy Spirit moving above the surface of the waters all the way to Revelation 22:17 where the Holy Spirit is tending to the bride of Christ. From the proclamation to Mary that she would give birth to the Messiah, to the descending of the Spirit at Jesus’ baptism and throughout the life of Jesus. The Holy Spirit’s presence is always associated with movement. It is the movement of God.

Spiritual leadership is always initiated by and through the Holy Spirit. Regardless of your position in life or the church, what must you do this week and throughout the month of January to welcome the Holy Spirit’s moving in your life to become the fruitful spiritual leader God has called you to be?

George Yates is a Church Health Strategist and coach partnering with pastors, churches, individuals, and organizations, assisting patrons in becoming effective in fulfilling their God-given purpose.