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.

From Holy Discontent to Holy Diversity

Take intentional steps to plant, grow and develop a healthy multiethnic church.

40 Ways to Increase Baptisms in 2017

Rick Warren: "Here’s a list of some simple things we do to set the stage for more baptisms that almost any church can do."

7 Deal-Breaker Traits of the Best Student Pastors

"The charisma of a magnetic personality can be an asset, but nothing trumps genuinely caring about and loving students."

Kevin Peck: ‘The American Church Has a Profound Opportunity’

"As our culture shifts and slides on the sands of popular opinion, the Word of God makes the American church an anchor."

Know Your Demographics, Reach Your Community

"It is hard to be all things to all people if we do not know who those people are."

What’s Trending in Multisite? 2017 Edition

What’s next? Here are some of the trends emerging from the multisite-church movement in 2017.

Do Pastors Wield Too Much Power?

"Not until then did I understand the unique power my position, and that of every pastor, carries."

2 Indicators of a Selfless Christian Marriage

"The common denominator between these two actions is they are selfless disciplines that help keep love alive."