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The anguished faces and the stories of desperate journeys have been supplanted by scenes of bloody attacks around the globe and racial tensions in the United States. But determination for a peaceful and prosperous existence has kept a steady stream of refugees flowing into Europe this year. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) more than 233,000 people have arrived in Europe during the first half of 2016. Most of them made the treacherous trip by sea in smuggler's boats. An Al Jazeera team boarded a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ship to document something that has, sadly, become a routine: a medical team rescuing people who have been abandoned by smugglers in the dilapidated boats off of the Mediterranean coast of Libya. Since last year, MSF, a medical charity, said it has rescued more than 25,000 people on boats in the Central Mediterranean. More than 2,950 people have died or gone missing so far this year while crossing the Med...

1. The pastor is the primary caregiver. Honestly, if you just push past this one issue, you will have made a  ton  of progress. When the pastor has to visit every sick person, do every wedding, funeral and make regular house calls, he or she becomes incapable of doing other things. That model just doesn’t scale. If you’re good at it, you’ll grow the church to 200 people and then disappoint people when you can’t get to every event any more. Or you’ll just burn out. It creates false expectations and so many people get hurt in the process. Although it’s 20 years old, this is still the best book I know on the subject . The answer, by the way, is to teach people to care for each other in groups . 2. The leaders lacks a strategy.  Many churches today are clear on mission and vision. What most lack is a widely shared and agreed-upon strategy. You vision and mission answers the why and what of your organization. Your strategy answers  how.  And...

1. The pastor is the primary caregiver. Honestly, if you just push past this one issue, you will have  made a  ton  of progress. When the pastor has to visit every sick person, do every wedding, funeral and make regular house calls, he or she becomes incapable of doing other things. That model just doesn’t scale. If you’re good at it, you’ll grow the church to 200 people and then disappoint people when you can’t get to every event any more. Or you’ll just burn out. It creates false expectations and so many people get hurt in the process. Although it’s 20 years old, this is still the best book I know on the subject . The answer, by the way, is to teach people to care for each other in groups . 2. The leaders lacks a strategy.  Many churches today are clear on mission and vision. What most lack is a widely shared and agreed-upon strategy. You vision and mission answers the why and what of your organization. Your strategy answ...