Pastors / Leadership Archives

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...

If we are engaging in evangelism, it is incumbent upon us to evaluate the fruit of our witnessing efforts. Years ago I had to wrestle with the fact...

Every pastor is called to be a theologian. This may come as a surprise to some pastors, who see theology as an academic discipline taken during...

Your pastor and his wife may seem to be the “perfect Christian couple.” He’s a charismatic servant-leader. She plays the organ and makes casseroles...

We as preachers must take heed, watch out, and be careful … lest we fall! Clerical failure in areas of morality has become almost epidemic....