Church Leaders Update Archives

Several years ago, Robert Fulghum wrote a bestselling book with an intriguing title: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." It...

Remember: the cross reminds us that God understands our grief from the inside out.

If there’s one thing that the 2016 presidential election in America is doing, it’s getting Christians thinking about their eschatology.

According to Romans 8, the prayers of even one Christian are the occasion of a divine conversation in which Father, Son, and Spirit all...

As Psalm 119 makes clear, God’s Word blesses individuals in five specific ways.

Humor can really connect a pastor with his audience. But he has to choose his stories wisely.

Why bother to worship?

Recently I had a pastor ask me for my “best advice” for other pastors. Here are 12 words of encouragement for pastors.

Satan’s sole purpose has always been to overtake the world with evil; his invasion is succeeding, not just in the world, but also in the church.

O Lord, incline our hearts to your word. Give us a desire for it. Open our eyes to see wonders there.

Elijah prayed boldly for God-sized miracles.

One of the easiest mistakes to fall into is “strategy rut.” Meaning you embrace a certain strategy during its anointed heyday but then fail to keep...

In order to overcome the pressure to compromise our holiness, we need to have an adequate preparation to pursue holiness.

How can average people, with no scholarly training, and little time to invest in historical studies, know for sure that God has spoken in the...

Often times volunteers offer more benefits to a church than leaders or pastors even realize.