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These five things are powerful for all pastors to remember as they lead their churches and live out their faith.

We live in a society beset by countless social and political battles, and believers need leaders of courage and integrity to help us navigate...

Most of us know about the importance of vision for leadership and particularly, its importance in the life of the church. Our mission is the...

Furtick is pastor of Elevation Church, a megachurch in Charlotte, N.C., with a weekly attendance of about 20,000, whose ministry has generated much...

Several years ago, Robert Fulghum wrote a bestselling book with an intriguing title: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." It...

I want Christ, but I often want him as a kind of quantifiable spiritual asset, something I can always check to be sure of like my bank account...

"What's appropriate to wear to church?" We ask that question a lot, but maybe it's not the question we should be asking. What if what we're wearing...

Pastors have the unique opportunity, more than anyone else, to “make America great again.”

I know as parents we say that our children are gifts from God. In a similar respect, let’s see our mothers as God’s gift to us.

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...