Leadership

Nov 7, 20223 min read

The Only Leadership Trait You Absolutely Need

When God looks for leaders, he doesn’t value what we tend to value. In 1 Samuel 16:7 God says, “‘For the LORD sees not as man sees: man...

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Jun 20, 20226 min read

The Best Books I’ve Read This Year

Pastor J.D. is one of those guys who likes to take a break from a good book … to enjoy another book. He reads and reads and reads. Maybe...

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Nov 29, 20213 min read

What Church Unity Is … and Isn’t

In churches that are reaching unchurched people, there are always going to be issues of unity. Because they reach across political lines,...

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Jun 22, 20206 min read

What to Read During Your Summer Quarantine

Will quarantine continue throughout the summer? We certainly hope not. But we’ve learned enough by now to stop speculating. Perhaps this...

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Feb 10, 20204 min read

You’re Called to Ministry … But You’re Not Called to Every Ministry

Not everything that comes from heaven has your name on it. While all Christians are called to evangelize, give, serve, and pray (among...

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Sep 30, 20193 min read

There Are No Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders

I recently finished an excellent book by Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin called Extreme Ownership. The authors asked the...

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Sep 13, 20192 min read

What Your Politics Do to Your Morals, When Worship Lyrics Miss the Mark, & Leadership Lessons f

Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...

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Sep 4, 20193 min read

Women: You(r Gifts and Leadership) Matter in God’s Kingdom

Genesis 2 tells us God created men and women equally, but differently, in his image. God called the woman an ezer kenegdo, or “another of...

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Sep 2, 20193 min read

What Is Your Church Willing to Give Up for the King?

Here at the Summit, we have an audacious goal of planting 1,000 churches by 2050. (By God’s grace, we have already planted 298!) One of...

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Aug 14, 20193 min read

Men, It’s Time to Step Up

In the poem she wrote celebrating victory over Sisera in Judges 5, the prophetess Deborah says, “When the princes in Israel take the...

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Aug 2, 20192 min read

Engage People Who Disagree With You, Persevere in Your Senior Years, & (Maybe?) Ditch Facebook

Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...

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Jul 17, 20194 min read

Does Church Membership Matter?

There was a time when the question of church membership was not much of a question at all. Jump back a generation or two, and nearly...

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Jun 14, 20198 min read

What You Should Read This Summer

Pastor J.D. is an avid reader—both by personality and by conviction. But you don’t have to devour books as ravenously as he does to...

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Jul 11, 20188 min read

11 Tensions to Manage in Ministry

One of the most important concepts in the Christian ministry is the notion of tension. I instinctively resist tension, as do most people....

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Jun 12, 20185 min read

Humility and Hope: My Prayer for the Southern Baptist Convention

This afternoon the Southern Baptist Convention voted to elect me as its 62nd president. I am at once honored and humbled to step into...

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May 21, 20187 min read

Discipling Families in a Multi-Ethnic Lifestyle

This guest post comes from Blair Waggett, the Kids Director at our Chapel Hill campus. At the encouragement of several of our African...

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Apr 23, 20188 min read

Cooperating Together for God’s Mission

A lot can be lost in a single generation. Ronald Reagan famously admonished Americans that they had to teach the principles of freedom to...

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Apr 16, 20185 min read

Give Us Two Years, and We’ll Change the World

College students “discovered” the Summit in 2003. If I’m remembering rightly, it went something like this: One week about five college...

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Apr 2, 20187 min read

The Future Belongs to Churches That Send

A passion for missions lies at the heart of the SBC—and at the heart of God, too. Because our God is a God who sends, we are a people who...

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Mar 21, 20182 min read

From the Vault: Easter Is for Evangelism

Here at the Summit, we’re praying that God would use the upcoming Easter holiday to further exalt the name of Jesus, so that hundreds...

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