Resources

Dave Ferguson: Multiplying Leaders

Every leader needs to have an apprentice. Even the lead pastor, as you're thinking about what's next, you need to have an apprentice so you can put that person in that role and you can commission them to go.

Nicole Martin: A Different Kind of Leadership

When I go to a great restaurant and it’s really good, no one ever has to tell me, “Could you let other people know?” I cannot wait to tell other people, first of all, that I've been, and second of all, how good the food is. I think we have lived our Christian lives on the periphery of God's grace and goodness and favor for so long that we don't know how good the food is for ourselves.

Tanita Maddox: Showing Up for Gen Z

There are just so many things that are compelling about the triune God and the way that triune God has enacted redemption for us and continues to sanctify us after we follow him. We just have to pull the contextualization out for our young people so they can see it on their terms.

Brutiful

The courage required to make a you-turn, to truly repent, may be why so few pastors speak on it and why so few books are written on it.

5 Truths to Help Lead Pastors Serve Strong

What fuels passion and morale for ministry isn’t your educational background, your grace-gift of teaching, your experience as a communicator or your riveting personality.

Discover Your Identity in the Gospel

Although our physical and psycho- logical brokenness are readily acknowledged in counseling practice today, our spiritual brokenness is often overlooked, or at least is not taken seriously enough.

Judy Cha

When Christ Becomes a real person in our lives as we internalize the gospel, our preoccupation with ourselves and our subsequent striving for an identity will gradually diminish.

John Dickson: The Power of Persuasion in a Post-Christian Nation

Speak to the culture like you're in Athens, not in Jerusalem, and expect to be scoffed at and smile sweetly back, and expect some to give us another hearing, and others to believe.

Community Changers

Orr and his church, which is located 15 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, came up with a unique idea that Orr pitched to CBS affiliate WREG in Memphis.

Study: The Economy’s Negative Impact on Churches

Pastors at the largest churches (those with 250 or more in attendance) are the least likely to say the economy has somewhat or very negatively impacted their churches this year (34%). They are also the most likely to report that giving levels are above those in 2022 (57%).

Dream Big

The world and too often Christians are cynical of success and big dreams. I don’t know why this is because big dreams, big visions, and grand ambitions are sprinkled throughout the Bible.