Pastors / Leadership Archives

Columnist and author James Tonkowich talks about recent attacks on religious freedom in America and what we can do to protect ourselves from those...

I can think of two different ways of viewing a church: a family or a store. And it strikes me that these are the two ways that people who attend...

I was meeting with a potential church planter recently and some of the words of wisdom spoken to me over the years flooded my mind. Some of these...

Every organization has them. Even ones that pride themselves on how intentionally they try to avoid them. Like Meck. When such areas are exposed,...

God’s people are responsible to tell others what God has done for them. At the end of the day, faithfulness to God is a matter of stewardship to...

In almost every behavior, church members were looking out for their own needs and preferences… You get the picture: I. Me. Myself.

Can a megachurch survive the departure of its megastar pastor? For Seattle’s Mars Hill Church, it’s an open question.

“Are you in a relationship where you are being physically hurt by your partner?” “Yes”, she answered.

The pastor of a large and influential church was recently asked about his stance on gay marriage. He gave what I thought was a very astute...

It pains me no end to realize that people look at Christians and at churches and make decisions about Jesus. We represent Him so poorly.

One of the great encouragements we have to live as disciple-making disciples is the powerful promises of God. Have you ever considered how the...

I am often asked my opinion of the mega-church model of ministry. I find the model lacking, frankly, but not for the reasons you might think.

In my latest book, The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated, I charted the meteoric rise of this religious...

Our worst instincts will be to blame whatever we don’t like and to turn against each other. Let’s imagine a better scenario, perhaps even one that...

These questions are the heart of what is churning around in the minds of those on the outside-looking-in at the Christian faith. They have so many...