I’ve not met another pastor who isn’t interested in helping more people read the Bible more. Every fellow minister I talk to would love to increase biblical engagement in their church.
And I’m in that same boat. So over the last few years, I’ve set out to resource my...
Every church has its share of difficult people.
They’re the people who are perpetually dismissive or resistant to what seems like everything you and your team attempt to do.
But you have to hand it to them—they’re consistent. Consistently critical and dissatisfied...
Meet John. He’s been laboring as a pastor for almost seven years. He has worked at a couple different churches but has run into the same roadblocks at both.
He’s starting to recognize that he needs to make some shifts in the way he operates as a pastor. He wants to lead and serve with...
November and December present a unique opportunity to every pastor. Not only do we get to gather our people for Advent and Christmas services but we are more inclined than any other time of the year to set goals.
Goals are powerful because of the focused energy and steps they generate....
It is never around hard times that a leader grows the most, but through them.
That’s true about life and that’s true about leadership. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at...
Leadership is difficult.
If anyone tries to convince you otherwise, be weary of their influence on you.
In this article, I want to offer you 5 books that will level-up your leadership.
These are books that will:
- Address the inner life of a leader
- Equip you to lead groups of people...
Highly intentional pastors are purposeful people. They understand the weight of what the Lord has called them to do and they take that work seriously.
Most of us want to be intentional pastors.
But what makes the difference between drifting pastors and intentional pastors are the habits they...
Like a rocket launched toward space, such can be the acclaim and notoriety that come quickly to a gifted preacher.
A gifted preacher, no matter if they are a part of a small church or mega church or somewhere in between, can deal with the same pitfalls.
And even if public acclaim and notoriety...
The work of a pastor is part preacher, part theologian, part counselor, part strategist, part administrator, and part leader.
And while you may not enjoy the comparisons of leading a church to organizational leadership, there is one inescapable reality: an organization is “a group of...
You can feel the tension in the room. It's palpable. People are on edge. They're experiencing some kind of stew which might include fear, worry, and anger.
In these moments, what do you do?
- Join in on the speculation?
- Add your two cents that are filled with bitterness and...
