Pastors / Leadership Archives

Only 32 percent of Americans believe Hell is "an actual place of torment and suffering where people's souls go after death." Yet there is so much...

"There are many things that God used to enable me to have an effective ministry right up to the end of my time as senior pastor," writes Dr. David...

Whether you’re searching to hire one or trying to become one, there are essential skill-sets, essential soul-sets common in those who model and...

Whitefield Gold is a succinct and stunning introduction to evangelist George Whitefield. The English preacher's name became a household word on the...

The missionary call of Tim and Annette Gulick, who have been missionaries in Toluca, Mexico, for the past 10 years, was found in a statistic. “We...

It sounds so simple. Pastors could so easily pray for the sick, pointedly and intelligently, couldn’t they? But so often these prayers from the...

There is within me a deplorable tendency to think more highly of myself than I ought. This is often a particular point of struggle for those who...

We recently left America and are in the midst of our transition back to the mission field of East Africa. This necessity of valuing our “material...

The emphasis most churches place on placating God and enriching every social aspect of the members' lives is quite a distance from the emphasis of...

If someone is going to preach to us, we must be very sure they speak for God and not for themselves. Generally speaking, at least five questions...

The health of the church depends upon pastors who infuse their congregations with deep biblical and theological conviction. The means of this...

God has an infinite variety of tools to shape our lives into what He wants them to be. But for the most part, second only to our relationship with...

Philosopher George Santayana wrote concerning Christian prayer, "Prayer is merely painting your wishes against the clouds. When they come true you...

The pastoral calling is inherently theological. Given the fact that the pastor is to be the teacher of the Word of God and the teacher of the...

Way fewer men than women attend church, and when they do go they spend more time checking their watches and working on their To Do lists than...