Ray Evans
Church Leadership Consultant
After studying at Cambridge, Ray moved to Bedford in 1980 and served in the leadership of Grace Community Church for more than 40 years. The church was involved in several church plants and saw its main congregation grow to over 500 attendees.
As FIEC's Church Leadership Consultant, Ray assists other leaders in overcoming some of the barriers to gospel growth that are faced in today's world. He has authored Ready, Steady, Grow (IVP) and Church Leadership (10 Publishing) to also provide help and encouragement.
Ray is married to Jenny and they have four grown-up children and nine grandchildren.
He is a keen reader of military history, loves playing sport (especially Bedford Vets hockey), and in any spare time is building a model railway in his loft - for his grandchildren of course.
Author Content
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Housing Your Pastor
Housing Your Pastor
–Phil Topham, Ray Evans
Should churches provide housing for their pastors? Why is a pastor's housing important for church life?
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Raising Lay Leaders
Raising Lay Leaders
–Phil Topham, Ray Evans
How do we raise and train lay elders and other lay leaders in the church?
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Leaders Who Follow (Book Review)
–Ray Evans
Trusting, following, and experiencing the love of Jesus keeps us humbly serving his cause, rather than our own.
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How to Have Difficult Conversations
How to Have Difficult Conversations
–Ray Evans
When a difficult conversation is needed, how can we go about them to reach a resolution, whilst avoiding an abuse of power?
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Difficult, Inevitable, and Necessary
Difficult, Inevitable, and Necessary
–Ray Evans
Understanding that difficult conversations need to be had, and how people may respond, is key to a good resolution.
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Why Difficult Conversations Are Getting More Difficult
Why Difficult Conversations Are Getting More Difficult
–Ray Evans
Challenging someone about their beliefs, choices, or actions feels more and more problematic. What has caused this shift?
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Gospel-Driven Wills and Legacies
Gospel-Driven Wills and Legacies
–Ray Evans
How often are you advising, teaching, and envisioning believers in your church about how they should use their wealth?
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Leading a Leadership Team
Leading a Leadership Team
–John Russell, Ray Evans
What are the important things to understand and consider in leading a leadership team well?
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Dealing with Retirement from Ministry
Dealing with Retirement from Ministry
–Peter Lewis, John Russell, Ray Evans
How can retiring church leaders deal well with handing on the baton and stepping back from ministry?
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Transitioning Church Leadership
Transitioning Church Leadership
–Peter Lewis, John Russell, Ray Evans
After a long and faithful ministry, how do you know when and how to move on?
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Three Books to Read on Leadership in 2022
Three Books to Read on Leadership in 2022
–Ray Evans
Three important Christian leadership books were published in 2021 which would be a good addition to your reading list this year.
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The Nearly Impossible Task
The Nearly Impossible Task
–Ray Evans
Leading your church in mission and evangelism is a difficult but important job. How can we avoid guilt whilst pushing it to the top of our agenda?
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Powerful Leaders? (Book Review)
–Ray Evans
Marcus Honeysett’s important book on spiritual abuse is challenging, humbling, and full of insights to help you serve others, and Christ, better.
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Getting Out of a Church Rut
Getting Out of a Church Rut
–Ray Evans
Serious issues in church life that go unaddressed can end up getting you stuck in a rut. How do you change things for the better?
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Servant-Hearted Team Meetings
Servant-Hearted Team Meetings
–Ray Evans
There is more to effective team meetings than simply good time keeping. Leaders must have a servant heart.
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High-Quality Team-Based Decision Making
High-Quality Team-Based Decision Making
–Ray Evans
If senior leaders can create an open environment for their teams to make better decisions, their churches can really benefit.
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The Habit of Time Management
The Habit of Time Management
–Ray Evans
Good discipline in time-keeping is needed for church leaders to avoid wasting time in church ministry. Seek to make good time-keeping a habit.
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Vital Questions about the Character of Leaders
Vital Questions about the Character of Leaders
–Ray Evans
Character is more important than gifting in Christian leadership. We may know this instinctively, but how should it shape church practice?
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Caring for the Chronic Post-Covid
Caring for the Chronic Post-Covid
–Ray Evans
How leaders can care for their churches post-pandemic by considering the difference between acute and chronic.
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Moving to Multiple Services
Moving to Multiple Services
–Ray Evans
What are the issues that come with starting a second service and how can we implement the move well?
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Solving the ‘80% Full Problem'
Solving the ‘80% Full Problem'
–Ray Evans
What should leaders do when church growth exceeds their building space and begins to limit gospel ministry?
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Making Difficult Decisions
Making Difficult Decisions
–Ray Evans
What is the senior church leader’s role in difficult decision making?
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Understanding Decision Making
Understanding Decision Making
–Ray Evans
We must trust in God’s providence as we prayerfully make decisions in our churches.
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God's Will and Our Decisions
God's Will and Our Decisions
–Ray Evans
How can God's revealed and secret will help church leaders when life seems to be full of more decisions than ever?
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