{"id":22038,"date":"2016-06-03T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=22038"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:25:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:25:39","slug":"how-to-use-this-blog-for-best-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2016\/06\/03\/how-to-use-this-blog-for-best-results\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use This Blog for Best Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You have been called by God to your ministry leadership position and want to be as successful as possible. That&#8217;s something I&#8217;m sure of, and that&#8217;s why I invest a huge amount of time writing this <strong>blog<\/strong>. Its purpose is to help you and your team accomplish something significant for Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My prayer is that this blog does more than entertain you for a few minutes. 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My vision for the blog is that it be a place for community discussion between ministry leaders and workers. I don&#8217;t pretend to be the final word on any of the topics. I am simply voicing my opinions based on research and reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please share stories of how you implement&nbsp;the post&#8217;s ideas in your ministry. We can learn from each other, including me learning from you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I invite you to engage with the topic by asking questions, suggesting alternate points-of-view, or adding additional ideas to expand the post. 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