Leadership

Why More Pastors Are Considering Covocational Ministry

If we want to see a church planting movement in every place and people group, we must engage with covocational leaders.

Ed Stetzer: Coming Back

We have to take a step back as we teach God’s Word, building upon the grand narrative of redemption to show how every issue dealt with in the story of God is centered in Christ.

Amy Orr Ewing: A ‘Quiet Revival’

Our congregations need to be equipped to meet the moment in the culture, so that they are ready to lead people to Jesus.

Going Beyond Cosmetic Changes

A new church sign is not going to reverse the decline in attendance.

6 Mainstays for Leaders

You don’t need anyone’s permission to rest, but that’s not the problem. But, unfortunately, we often don’t permit ourselves to rest. Is that a struggle for you?

Providing Pastoral Care in Growing Church Plants

When pastoral care must come from someone other than the pastor

The Church and the Creative Soul

It is important to drink from deep wells, expanding your own tastes and horizons of thought and emotion.

10 Things That Get Pastors Into Trouble

Distractions that can sideline pastors

Remembering Our Legacy

While we all work, serve and minister in different ways, the longer we do this important kingdom work, the more we realize that some of the teachings and practices of old are still applicable now and will be in the future.

10 Insidious Ways the Devil Gets Into the Church

Watch out for these tactics of the Enemy in spiritual warfare.

Like Sisyphus, Are We Engaging in the Futile?

Too many churches are trapped in the Sisyphus dynamic of continually pursuing something that involves high effort and low reward, or even no reward.