Pastors / Leadership Archives

Few things can stir up a lively conversation among pastors as quickly as mentioning the role of the Holy Spirit in the church today, but the simple...

How should Christians live after we've lost a major cultural battle?

Are your frustrated with the way your church's small groups are working out? Here are some ways to get them to Activate.

There have been few things more damaging to the church’s witness than how it has handled moral failure among its leaders.

As they moved toward the baptistry, candidates were expected to recite the Creed, not to show that they “meant business” but in order to show that...

Jesus said, "I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it." The longer I'm in ministry, I think he might have added, "...and...

At our church there is a ministry to people with special needs – young and old. And I’d like to share some about it, perhaps giving ideas on the...

Entire books have been written listing all the seeming contradictions found in the Bible. Entire libraries have been written to answer them. It's...

While Heaven is indisputably God's realm, it's not some distantly remote galaxy hopelessly removed from human reality, says Christian apologist...

Philip Nation advises us how to respond to the growing opinion that churchgoing is unnecessary or optional for believers.

The late Norman Vincent Peale, senior pastor of New York City’s Marble Collegiate Church for over 50 years, grew up in Ohio, a preacher’s kid. His...

What the Scriptures says to a church obsessed with its image

The idea of what’s "out there" has puzzled mankind since ancient times. It puzzles still today.

It’s amazing the degree to which outreach strategies rest on a single, and deeply flawed, premise: That people want what you have to offer.

It occurred to me while dining out with my wife that churches could benefit from studying what these eating establishments are doing, and what...