Pastors / Leadership Archives

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.

Half of Protestant pastors say they preach to their churches about domestic and sexual violence, an increase from four years ago, when only a third...

The communication revolution is, to my thinking, self-evident. What is less discussed is the community revolution it reflects, and what that means...

Sexual abuse in the church is not just a Catholic problem. According to a recent WORLD Magazine cover story, Protestant clergy are also guilty of...

Humble leaders attract people. Humble leaders position themselves in ways to make the team around them better. Life-giving leaders, whether at the...

A recent cover story in the Harvard Business Review was titled, “What Really Keeps CEOs Awake at Night.” The article explored such things as brand...