Pastors / Leadership Archives

Paul’s conscience is clear. He shares four lifestyle markers he has built into his life that validate integrity.

Does anyone care about the first-timer who drives up to your facility?

Countless selfless clergy couples run to the side of others in need to give God’s love. Here's how to love them in return!

What if all the books, conferences, podcasts and blogs revolving around cultivating influence and best practices are inherently flawed in their...

I came face to face with my own unhealthiness in the psych ward. There’s no way to avoid deep introspection when you’re lying in bed under suicide...

It’s an exciting and sometimes scary life. You get to see the work of the Lord up close; you also become the target of the enemy’s work.

Pastor Tim Challies recently wrote a review of Francis Chan's new book, Letters to the Church. In his review Challiesargues that Chan, a former...

Search committees have a way of throwing such curve balls at candidates, whether to trip them up, to see how they react or just to make a point.

“Church” is the translation of the Greek term ekklesia, and is used in the New Testament to identify the community of believers in Jesus Christ. It...

I have yet to hear that anyone became a Christian because someone preached a Gospel message during a memorial service.

Disneyland Parks are places nearly every person wants to go, repeatedly. What if people were lining up at your church doors to do the same?

Everyone has errant thoughts from time to time. If we handle them well and send them on their way, in no way should we feel shame or guilt.

The church needs to do a lot of brainstorming about ways to alter our pronouncement of the good news to an audience involved in, pressured by, and...

There is a danger in trying to assess the effectiveness of our ministry. We see and understand so little of what the Lord is doing.