Pastors / Leadership Archives

There’s a catch-phrase that’s been around “Meck” (Mecklenburg Community Church, which I pastor) for a long time: “In essentials, unity; in...

Church visitors, it would appear, can be a troublesome lot. Always demanding to be greeted warmly, seeing that as their right and as the...

Like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, beware these four pastors who bring untold calamity on whatever church they inhabit.

With the added commitments that church life brings, many active, committed Christians are drowning. What can we do?

What if I gave you a list of ten things that any church could do that would bring almost immediate renewal and growth. Would you be interested in...

No one volunteers to become knowledgeable about grief. Life hands you the assignment by robbing you of someone whom you love dearly.

It basically all comes down to one thing: who do you trust? If you’re in ministry, you presume it should be easy for you to trust God.

The battle over assisted suicide is not merely another skirmish in the “culture war.” It is an expression of one of the biggest threats to...

Jesus says true freedom comes from the “light and easy” work of being in the harness alongside him.

Recent decades have provided Christians with an increasing evaluation of and interaction with various world religions. The growth of immigration...

The wreckage of the Sexual Revolution is all around us. Even in our churches and our pulpits.

Who would have ever imagined that research could be a vehicle for evangelism? But if God could proclaim his prophecy through a donkey (see Numbers...

Christianity is an explanation of historical data, which is, in fact, one of the things that sets it apart from nearly every other religion.

What do you do when your church changes? Grow with it.

In Haiti, I needed boldness. My experience reminds me of Peter and John, who when brought before the council in Jerusalem, stunned the Pharisees...