Leadership

Pastor, Is Your Passion is Waning?

You know God has called you to ministry, but your passion is waning, if not gone.

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Church: How Churches Can Fund Ministry Beyond Tithes

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

The Revolutionary Mission

Brad Powell: “A world that is going through revolutionary changes can’t be reached … by a church where everything remains the same.”

Ed Stetzer: Live First, Lead Second

If you want a church that's exercising outreach, you've got to model outreach.

3 Elements of Disciplemaking

Jesus has made it possible for us to reflect God's original desire for his creation.

The Why of What We Do

The way of Jesus was to include people in his life and then help them understand it later.

Bored Churches and Dragon Fireworks

"If pastors are shepherds, we should often guide the flock to green pastures and sometimes over troubled waters."

9 Common Types of ‘Church Cowards’

"Church cowards are few in number but, like a few bee stings from a hive of hundreds, they can be painful."

4 Ways to Make It Through Difficult Seasons of Ministry

"Seasons of difficulty can really distract a pastor or church leader. Do not let them."

10 Spiritual Shortcuts Every Church Leader Needs to Avoid

"Growth in the kingdom of God has always been small, little and slow—like a mustard seed. There is no shortcut."