Church Leaders Update Archives

7 Ways the Church Can Welcome People with Anxiety

When we consider the rising percentages of mental illness sufferers and the increasing rate of suicides in church communities around the world, it...

7 Ways the Church Can Welcome People with Anxiety

Why Is Abuse Rampant in the Church?

This week, a report on abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention made headlines.

Why Is Abuse Rampant in the Church?

4 Benefits of Congregational Prayer

No matter what their differences are, all people who are participating in the service have the opportunity to communicate with God in a unified way...

4 Benefits of Congregational Prayer

Why Do We Need Church Discipline?

A necessary consideration is whether numbers are worth more than the detrimental costs to the make-up of the church in the quality of membership...

Why Do We Need Church Discipline?

10 Worst Experiences for a Church Guest

It took me over a year to find a church that both felt like home and challenged me spiritually, a church whose community I fit in, and one that I...

10 Worst Experiences for a Church Guest

5 Ways to Use Worship as a Weapon against Spiritual Attacks

Abiding in Christ, and worshipping Him is our full defense against Satan’s attacks. Here are five ways to put on the full armor of God and worship...

5 Ways to Use Worship as a Weapon against Spiritual Attacks

How Can We Pray for Those Who Are Unreached?

We ultimately pray for them to be set free from sin by knowing Jesus so that many more people would become disciples and glorify the Lord. When we...

How Can We Pray for Those Who Are Unreached?

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Church

Since COVID, church attendance has drastically declined. When the pandemic hit, one in three practicing Christians stopped attending church. In...

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Church

9 Ways the Church Can Support People with Mental Illness

The church can be a safe place of community and healing for those with mental illness. Here are nine ways churches can reach out.

9 Ways the Church Can Support People with Mental Illness

6 Ways to Recover from Our Disconnected Pandemic Spirituality

We have allowed this spiritual distance to draw us away from our Redeemer. How can one recover from the backslidden condition of pandemic spiritual...

6 Ways to Recover from Our Disconnected Pandemic Spirituality

Catholicism: Two Truths and a Lie, a series

Our pastor introduced the father as someone who has mentored him for three decades and laughed as he described him as a charismatic Catholic. And...

Catholicism: Two Truths and a Lie, a series

10 Signs You Are Part of an Unhealthy Church

Here are 10 signs (evidences, indications) that the church to which you belong is unhealthy.

10 Signs You Are Part of an Unhealthy Church

How Can the Church Support Foster Families?

Foster parents care for children who may or may not be orphans. Foster care is designed to be temporary, a time of separation so that the parent(s)...

How Can the Church Support Foster Families?

4 Practical Ways to Prioritize Your Marriage in Ministry

Here are 4 ways that my husband and I have personally made sure to prioritize our marriage in the midst of ministry leadership together.

4 Practical Ways to Prioritize Your Marriage in Ministry

How to Shake Off Public Prayer Anxiety

Whether you’re an extrovert or an introvert, praying in public can be a daunting task. Before we get to how to pray in public without anxiety,...

How to Shake Off Public Prayer Anxiety