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Reflections for the well-worn leader of global missions

Perhaps you’ve seen this before or maybe you’ve been guilty of providing shallow leadership. For seasons, at least, I am not too proud to admit I certainly have. And these times are easy to identify by the teams we lead.

Longing to know him ever more deeply

Pastoral pay is important. While it isn’t always a make-or-break factor in a healthy relationship between a pastor and his church’s governing boards, it is nevertheless an important one.

Reimagining the Advantages of a Small Church

We create opportunities by initiating conversations, listening closely to others, and taking those conversations clearly and concisely to the gospel.

York Moore, who has the benefit of observing decades of evangelistic outreach, is equally bullish about the avenue TikTok has opened for the gospel. He says that we could be seeing the greatest evangelistic opportunity in American history.

Secularism has said that if we had more education, more science and better government, we’d have a good life. But the COVID pandemic showed us that science alone wasn’t enough to guarantee a good life. The War in Ukraine has shown us that education and good government aren’t enough either. As Sayers says, “It’s as if the tide of the gospel has gone so far out that the sheer weight of the gospel is going to come rushing back in.” This is not a threat to the gospel, but an opportunity. There is a vacuum out there that longs to be filled.