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Pantano Christian Church: A Change of Life

Making people feel welcome is everyone’s job. Pantano sees a wide diversity in the congregation across nearly every demographic: ethnicity, race, socioeconomic, etc.

The Comeback Church: Seizing the Cultural Moment

Take another look at what Jesus said: “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Who’s Up Next?

“A leader’s legacy doesn’t matter more than the legacy of Jesus Christ, so I am going to take the time it takes to pour into the next people who are going to come do what I am [doing].” —Hayden Gregory

Finding the Strength to Stay

In today’s current ministry climate, the stress can feel as if it is ushering us out the church door. You may be familiar with the feeling—a hidden place where walking away feels not just like an option but the preferred option.

9 Warning Signs Your Hormones Are Hijacking Your Leadership

How many of these chronic anxiety markers are in your life?

5 Complexities of Outreach

Always cheer a person on for any effort to grow as a Christian. Don’t condemn their initiative; guide it. Then, when they know you care, offer spiritual guidance that you genuinely believe is in their best interest.

Race and the Gospel: How Can We Move Beyond a Broken Witness?—Part 4

“When We’re in a Posture of Hospitality, We Can’t Objectify Those With Whom We Disagree. We Can’t Throw Stones While Serving Bread.”

When Leaders Can’t Make a Decision

Sometimes, the leader is distracted. Other times, there are dissenting voices in the organization.

Let Us Live and Pray as One Baptized into the Threefold Name

The Puritans have been stereotyped as legalistic and impersonal and believing in an impersonal God, but in many hours of reading them I believe nothing could be further from the truth!

What Can We Do About This Christian School Crisis?

Many Christian school teenagers have a deep spiritual cynicism baked into their hardened hearts. Far too many of these teens graduate and then publicly evacuate their faith, either through outright denunciation or post–high school hedonism.

Race and the Gospel: What Happens If We Forget the Poor?—Part 3

“Heaven and Hell Show Up in the Balance as Jesus Pointedly Discusses the Inability to Separate our Love of Neighbor From our Love of Him.”