Church Leaders Update Archives

Churches are living things. Living things grow. If you’re not growing, something is wrong.

Time to re-think our notions about church growth...

"I would like to know if it is a sin if a woman doesn't cover her head when praying and worshiping the Lord."

How does a new pastor learn about a congregation? It starts with discovering the stories already in the church.

You work hard to do your best in ministry, but is it accomplishing much? Here are five essential principles for doing ministry biblically.

We can't do everything, so we have to love the best we can with what we have.

An unexamined youth ministry is a youth ministry not worth doing.

In the 1970’s, an unlikely friendship formed that would catalyze the movement that moved our influential pastors to become leaders.

Heaven is big at the box office. Hell, not so much.

In God and the Gay Christian, Vines argues that “Christians who affirm the full authority of Scripture can also affirm committed, monogamous...

“What is it that makes gossip so toxic to our souls? At its root, gossip is a manifestation of two elusive sins: pride and idolatry."

"Bivocational" simply means that the minister must work a second job in addition to serving a church. It does not mean that the minister is...

Does God harden hearts? Will he ever harden the heart of someone who wants to be a Christian? Here's Dr. Roger's answer.

We’ve lost some of our civility when it comes to what we post on social media. We are quick to blast a company that we feel has wronged us. It all...

I want to encourage some of Christ's smaller churches who are struggling. Before I begin with the first post in this series, allow me to clarify...