Pastors / Leadership Archives

Mainstream acceptance of homosexuality and the legalization of gay marriage virtually demand the acceptance of almost any other lifestyle. And...

One of the immediate reactions to the fall of a pastor is a sense of betrayal. Those who have benefited from the pastor’s ministry feel deceived.

Don't begin to think my opinion about anything matters much at all just because I'm a pastor, certainly not to the extent that you need to hold...

Over 42 years, I have pastored six churches. During this time, I've noticed things I love about church... and also things that need to change.

Often times volunteers offer more benefits to a church than leaders or pastors even realize.

In our effort to furnish churches with coffee bars and corporate music, we’ve forgotten three, very important reasons why the Church doesn’t need...

The world we live in is filled with people who are bound by sin, in need of grace and love that only God can give. The simple truth is that this...

If we had a list of every bizarre thing said to pastors by those who thought they were in charge of the Lord’s church, we would not know whether it...

God gave authority, dominion and power to all men and women when He formed the world. We are created to lead and lead well. So why don't we?

What does a Christian do when a few people assume control of the Lord’s church and are destroying it?

We don’t go to church to enjoy it. We go to worship God, to hear from God, and to fellowship with the saints.

I was recently asked why there is a ChurchAndCulture.org website, and why there is an annual Church and Culture Conference. The short answer is...

I seldom address a gathering of pastors without “the” question being asked, in one form or another: “How do you change a church?” Whether moving...

A recent survey by the BBC found that the book most people lied about reading was not Tolstoy’s War and Peace, but Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s...

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