Pastors / Leadership Archives

The scenario is common and vexing: a church building erected generations ago sits idle six days a week yet consumes 50 percent of the church...

To reach people with the Gospel, we have to be able to speak their language: be it Swahili, Chinese... or the language of postmodern secularism.

Ministry leaders sometimes share characteristics with make-up artists. As such, we need to remember that accentuating the beauty is much better...

Religious toleration isn't the same as religious liberty. Rather, it's the Chinese practice of registering, approving, tolerating, and controlling...

Great preaching, it would appear, has little to do with the size of our talent and everything to do with the size of our God.

Woe to the man who fancies himself the Charles Haddon Spurgeon of today.

John Piper offers six great reasons why every Christian -- especially those in vocational ministry -- should commit the Word of God to memory.

Just what are the prerequisites for being a minister's wife?

When Jesus said that you are the salt of the earth, He acknowledged that decay is inevitable in a fallen world.

God expects training to be in place for ministers and in fact for all of God’s people.

"Recent poll data show that conceptually, at least, we are slowly becoming more like Hindus and less like traditional Christians in the ways we...

In response to my article regarding my son's departure for the Marine Corps, I heard from service members who were grateful for my article...

What if integrating the arts into the Church is more than just a nice idea? What if this integration is essential to the maturity of the Body of...

How do straight Christians build bridges to the gay community? Author Andy Marin shares his experiences as an evangelical living in the heart of...

An editorial in Christianity Today discussed how no attribute of civilized life seems more under attack than civility. Christians don't need to...