Pastors / Leadership Archives

This second part focuses on the state of the Church in America and its current state of failure.

Here are some thoughts on this business of guest-preaching in churches. I hope it will help you in the future…

Christians want to think that their beliefs are of sound doctrine; however, a recent study suggests that evangelicals believe several heretical...

There is a continuing trend of churches renaming themselves in an apparent effort to invigorate a plateaued or even declining situation. Usually it...

If all you had to reference were the Bible, what would Church look like? Francis Chan's latest book "is about how [I] and others have been trying...

Be careful that you do not slander the Bride of Christ. When you pronounce a denomination dead or even one church dead, you’d better be on firm...

God created His church so that we wouldn’t have to do the journey by ourselves.

Unemployment hurts everyone—men and women alike.

Joab, the hotheaded commander of King David’s army, had been out on a raid when Abner came to visit David. When Joab returned and learned that...

It seems impossible to go through a day without reading a headline regarding racial tensions in this nation. This post started out addressing the...

It often comes as a surprise to believers new to the faith that there are among us, in the Lord’s family, a small but vocal contingent who insist...

Pastor, remember that you are a Christian first. Before God called you to be a pastor, he called you to himself.

If you want to increase engagement in your class or group, you need to move from being a sage on the stage to a guide on the side.

Readers will think of exceptions. But by and large, these statements have been found to be solid and trustworthy throughout long years of ministry.

To those who insist Scripture knows nothing about pastor search committees–or any other kind of committee for that matter–we respond, “Scripture...