Church Leaders Update Archives

If you’re a pastor or leader and your congregation celebrates Lent, here are a few ideas for things you can give up for the Lenten season.

If we are Christ-followers and love God and ourselves enough to study God’s Word—as we’ve been doing consistently in the context of our women’s...

What our kids need most right now isn’t another Wednesday night filled with games and a quick lesson about why God says this or that is bad. Our...

Shepherds were considered among the lowest caste of society and the very poor commonly ate sycamore figs. Amos’ background adds irony to God’s...

The real source of having a life is Jesus. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me” (John...

Consultants tell businessmen and pastors alike that to achieve the highest level of success, one must have a passion for growing his business or...

What are serious disciples of the Lord Jesus to make of such prayer promises? Here are some aspects of the subject that should help…

Let’s take a deep dive into what the Bible says—or doesn’t say—about who should be the primary financial provider for the family.

The Church would be far worse without the unique contributions and perspectives of women. In turn, women will sorely lack the wisdom, resources,...

Does God answer the prayer of unbelievers? Does he even hear them?

Regardless of how you shape it, our pastors – and possibly your pastor – are in a challenging place. If you believe pastors are important to the...

If I were to chronicle and categorize the hours of my adult life, the majority of my time would have surely been devoted to pastoral counseling....

Anyone who begins to pastor a church should recognize two big things: There are lessons to be learned if you are ever to do this well, and most of...

What do you do if a person you have wronged chooses not to forgive? You need forgiveness in order to make things right with this person. Can you...

I’m a new Christian, and I was reading through the Gospel of Matthew. I got really excited when I came to chapter 24 and read Jesus’s teachings...