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What it takes to start and sustain a church planting movement.

Partly because they are more outgoing, I believe extroverted pastors will get the benefit of the doubt—more so than introverted pastors. Many have tackled the subject of how introverts can overcome weaknesses, but I haven’t noticed as much written about extroverted pastors.

I’ve studied many worldviews, but none comes close to the biblical worldview in accounting for all the facts of our existence—including our longing for happiness.

The first and best of what you are has to be laid in surrender at Jesus’ feet. Only then will it bring life to the world.

As churches today look to take advantage of new digital opportunities, navigate our polarized society and collaborate across denominations in gospel outreach, the task of innovation lies at the core of the calling for pastors and church leaders, yet understanding how ideas spread is often underappreciated.

Here are four common evangelism mistakes, and why you shouldn't fear them.

Wherever two or more are gathered in Christ’s name, there’s bound to be conflict. Sometimes it’s a clash of personalities. Other times it’s unholy tension cloaked as competitiveness. But often it’s theological differences.

While complaining over sermon length seems to have accelerated in the last few decades, the truth is, the conflict has been going on since the Reformation. Back in those days, it wasn’t unusual for a sermon to last up to 3 hours.