Church Leaders Update Archives

if you want your church to be more friendly, maybe it's time for you to go out of your way to create meaningful friendships.

Picture this: You are talking with someone about a problem. A ministry that isn’t growing, a child that isn’t behaving, a wife that isn’t feeling...

In November 2012, God awakened me to His promises and showed me my unbelief. He opened my eyes to see how little fruit existed in my life and how...

Roger shares his thoughts on the problem with "Competitive Christianity" in the Church.

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."