Church Leaders Update Archives

What images come to your mind when you think of signs of the end times? Do you envision fire raining from the heavens, airplanes falling from the...

There are some saying the new habit of watching church services at home will continue after the current stay-in-place orders are lifted. Others...

Jesus knew we all love a good story. Anecdotes are the short, catchy stories pastors can insert in just-the-right-spot to pep up a message. They're...

COVID-19 is rightly seen as a plague on our world, leaving a wake of physical death and financial devastation in its path. Most would say it’s been...

But just as everyone wants to get America back to work, pastors want to reopen churches to their congregations as soon as possible. But public...

Church leaders have an enormous responsibility. They are shepherding church members, counseling those in need, as well as caring for themselves and...

Belief in the gospel changes everything. Before Christ, we are lost in a sinless world with no hope, no satisfaction, and no purpose. With Christ,...

As I wrote in an earlier blog, it’s time for VUCA leadership. But what does that mean specifically? Obviously, every church and organization is...

Jesus' surprising, counterintuitive ways open us up to the Holy Spirit’s leading to be more than a “nice, loving Christian neighbor.” While...

God isn’t concerned with how much or how little you have, he is concerned with what you are doing with what you have been given. Focus on what...

To the shepherd of a stagnant flock: If your church has plateaued, make sure you haven’t. Here are 10 (hopefully) encouraging ideas.

Although it may feel strange, the most important thing we can do right now, or in the middle of any crisis, is to praise God.

If there was ever a time that the old adage “the Church is not a building,” rings true, it’s now. In no particular order of priority, here are 25...

Dr. J. Robert Clinton has invested much of his career analyzing why people do—or don’t—finish well. His study of 800+ Christian leaders concludes:...

Here are three ways pastors and church leaders can deliver a very special Easter, while we’re all staying at home under quarantine.