Church Leaders Update Archives

The point is for you the pastor to figure out the dozen or so most important principles by which you believe God’s church should be functioning.

I believe churches care about widows but don’t know what to do. Church staffs are stretched thin, other programs take priority. Folks care but...

Every question deserves an honest answer. Do you know how to respond?

After you have been married a few years, you will encounter other young women who are scared to death about marrying a minister.

Do you long for a time when your worship seemed sweeter, or more genuine?

My end-of-year Bible reading right now is anything but Christmas-festive. The reading plan has me in Revelation, reading about Jesus the...

Jesus instructed us “not to worry” (Matthew 6:31;34), yet that is what plagues us. Constantly pulled from one side of an over-commercialized...

Let’s face it. Church is not always as exciting as we would like. Sometimes it’s boring and disappointing. It’s possible that there are good...

Peace on earth is a message our world needs to hear, but it needs to hear the complete message: peace on earth through the Prince of Peace, Jesus...

How do I explain to my five-year-old why God lets people be poor and homeless? In other words, how do I explain suffering to a young child?

Why would we cancel church on Sunday just because that Sunday is extra-special?

We all have a dog in this fight, I’m afraid...

God’s Kingdom is sometimes an upside down kingdom in the eyes of the world, but God takes delight in using “one little child, one homeless man, one...

Christians have a lot to say about gender identity, but very few actually know how to respond — especially when it gets personal. So what's the...

Advent is an opportunity for us to remember the moment God came down in the person of his Son to reveal himself.