Leadership

6 reasons the importance of your welcome ministry is increasing.

When someone trumpets a series of baseless complaints, they are like a young child discovering a live mic in a room full of people. The noise is loud, overbearing, and impossible to ignore.

Grace protects us from heartless and authoritarian legalism, and truth protects us from mindless and shallow freedom.

We need to de-emphasize the clergy and refocus on equipping disciples of Christ.

7 proven ways to make sure your people are united, even when they disagree with one another.

Getting to the heart of the matter

The apostle Paul, a missional-pastoral leader, says it this way: “He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ as a plan for the right time—to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him” (Eph. 1:9–10).

Perhaps more important than “preach that same sermon” is this: Preach that same book of the Bible. Preach that same series.