Author Archive: tanya
Tanya Glass is the Director of The White Board Sessions and creator of Tangiblz, a non-profit organization giving tangible love to those in need. Follow her website at www.tangiblz.wordpress.com and @tangiblz. She is writer, speaker, organization consultant and contributer to IMPELmagazine.com. Follow her @TanyaGlass.
Steve Jobs & The Succession Plan
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, announced today that he would be resigning from his position and turning over his company to COO Tim Cook. Jobs had been deadline with recent health issue and he is quoted as saying, “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could not longer meet my [...]
“The Cause” Interview with Pastor Matthew Barnett
In Los Angeles there’s a man with a cause, Pastor Matthew Barnett of senior pastor of the LA Dream Center and Angelus Temple. You may recognize his last name, his dad is Tommy Barnett, pastor of Phoenix First Assembly. Both father and son are two of the most respected men in ministry. It’s a joy [...]
Resources to Move You Forward into 2011
Books that stirred our hearts, DVD’s that motivated us to be more creative, music that brought us closer to God, and charities that let us change the world. These are the resources that impacted our team the most this year and we want to share them with you! Give them as gifts, share them with [...]
Build People to Grow Leaders
Leadership development is all too often a neglected area in church and ministry. We are given a task, a role, a responsibility, a position – but are we given the authority to lead and develop leaders around us? If you are someone who is frustrated with the lack of leadership development around you, or within [...]
Navigating through Change Resistance
Change is always a unique time for any church. You may be launching a new ministry, adding venues, services, or restructuring an existing area or experiencing leadership turnover. Change is change, no matter how big or small, often times, people naturally resist it. So how do we deal with those who resist this change? We [...]
Interview with Gayle Haggard
I had the unique opportunity of doing a Q & A with Gayle Haggard this week. She is a remarkable woman who shines with the love and grace of God. She recently wrote a book called, Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour, chronicling her and her husband’s story of a [...]
The Nines Online Event: Game Changers
8:30am: poured my coffee, opened my laptop, and for 9-hours was blown away by a one-day event called, “The Nines.” The Leadership Network (@LeadNet) has made possible an online one-day event to capture some of the best voices in church growth and leadership. The response was so overwhelming that this year almost 100 speakers submitted [...]
Hindered or Hoisted? Part 1
A short while back Pastor Brian Houston of Hillsong Church Sydney, Australia tweeted this statement: “Don’t deny a person who has faithfully served your vision; the right to pursue a grand vision themselves!” What does that statement do to you? The truth – the emotion that this statement evokes reveals your heart and its motives. [...]
Origins Project: Live Event in Los Angeles, CA
Saturday I had the privilege to sit for a day in the presence of world changers, most of whom no one has ever heard of. They are business leaders, church leaders, ministry leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, nonprofit pioneers, on the fringe of “normal society.” They are all part of Origins Project, a network of collaborators, “committed [...]
4 Approaches to Ministry
Have you ever seen a group of kids at a playground and observed the leader of that group and how they interacted with the kids? Were they playful? Were they distant? Were they stern and over-corrective? I believe this is a way for us to look at how ministry leaders approach those we lead. These [...]
Ministry and Mt. Everest
“I felt like quitting, but I just kept going.” Do these words sound familiar? These are words that ministry leaders have uttered many times – the key word is BUT! When you feel like you are at your end, and you can’t keep going – that’s when you KEEP GOING! Bill Wilson, of Metro Ministries, [...]
One Prayer 2010: Unstoppable
The global church is joining together for this year’s One Prayer movement. One Prayer started in June 2008 by Pastor Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv. Craig asked these evoking questions, “If God could answer one prayer of the church, what would it be?” and, “What if the church could be the answer to Jesus’ prayer?”As the [...]
Are You Being Heard? by Tanya Glass
All in one week I’ve watched a DVD on Systems by Andy Stanley which included bonus interviews with key people on his staff. The main theme: internal systems and communications. I also read an article in Inc Magazine about “How to Communicate Better with Employees.” Immediately after reading the article I thought, what if pastors [...]
You Can’t Say That In Church: Politics by Tanya Glass
Myth #1: “My political views are my business and the preacher shouldn’t talk about it in church.” This is a typical mentality among Christian people, and we’ve all encountered it. The question is – are we going to accept it or speak up! ImpelMinistry.com has decided to take the tape off and encourage church leaders [...]
Haiti: How Can We Help? by Tanya Glass
Haiti: How can we help? On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake hit the southwestern region of the country at Port au Prince. Thousands of people homeless, injured, and killed as a result. Organizations around the world are coming to the help for the country. Click HERE to see all the organizations that are serving [...]
