Church Leaders Update Archives

5 Lessons from the Early Church to Be Thankful for Today

The book of Acts offers invaluable insights that should guide the Church, especially in the context of our modern society. The lessons found in...

5 Lessons from the Early Church to Be Thankful for Today

Opening Prayers Helpful for Beginning Meetings, Church, and Events

Here are powerful opening prayers to help focus our efforts on striving for the peace that transcends all understanding. Use them to begin asking...

Opening Prayers Helpful for Beginning Meetings, Church, and Events

5 Ways Youth Ministries Can Better Address the Purity Issue

Let me share some things maybe purity culture didn’t that could be helpful. Here are five ways you can better address purity culture with your...

5 Ways Youth Ministries Can Better Address the Purity Issue

What Makes Anthems Like “In Christ Alone” So Powerful?

Why theology sound lyrics make ‘Christus Victor (Amen)’ the next big staple worship song.

What Makes Anthems Like “In Christ Alone” So Powerful?

10 Things Pastors Can Do to Save Their Sanity

Discover 10 practical strategies pastors can use to protect their sanity and sustain their well-being in ministry.

10 Things Pastors Can Do to Save Their Sanity

Why Is a Church's Mission Statement So Important?

The purpose or reason around why you are gathering can be found in the church’s mission statement. So, let’s talk about mission and discover some...

Why Is a Church's Mission Statement So Important?

6 Practical Ways We Can Strengthen the Church

How can we fulfill our biblical responsibility to strengthen our own local body, and at the same time, realize our obligation to help new and...

6 Practical Ways We Can Strengthen the Church

Is It Okay for Pastors to Have Doubts about Their Faith?

Many Christians seek answers for doubts both in their own studies and from pastors or leaders at their local church. But what do we do when our...

Is It Okay for Pastors to Have Doubts about Their Faith?

6 Crucial Things the Bible Says Make a Great Leader

We can be leaders in a number of ways: in our households, our workplaces, our communities, and our churches. The important thing is to be a godly...

6 Crucial Things the Bible Says Make a Great Leader

Should Christians Use Scare Tactics to Share the Gospel?

Think about the way God describes those who belong to him. It all points to a relationship based on God’s love and not fear.

Should Christians Use Scare Tactics to Share the Gospel?

6 Hardships of Youth Ministry and How to Overcome Them

How can youth ministers do an effective job of making disciples? Here are six hardships of youth ministry and how to overcome them.

6 Hardships of Youth Ministry and How to Overcome Them

Why Do We Sing at Church?

There are many social gatherings where we do not gather and sing. And yet every Sunday morning across the globe people gather and sing songs — some...

Why Do We Sing at Church?

5 Ways Satan Tries to Keep Us from Attending Church

Satan's strategy is to keep us from church, knowing that by disrupting our worship and gathering with believers, he undermines our spiritual growth...

5 Ways Satan Tries to Keep Us from Attending Church

3 Questions to Help the Church Address the Issue of Toxic Masculinity

Biblical masculinity, created in God's image, is meant to reflect His glory, and by exploring its true definition, the nature of toxicity, and...

3 Questions to Help the Church Address the Issue of Toxic Masculinity

6 Ways to Show Love and Not Legalism on Halloween

I don’t know what Halloween is going to look like for you in your community this year. Imagine how it would be different if you focused on ways to...

6 Ways to Show Love and Not Legalism on Halloween