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Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

What Does It Mean That We’ll Still Be Finite in Heaven?

The promise of Heaven is not that we will become infinite—that would be to become inhuman. It’s that we’ll be far better finite humans than we have ever been.

The Most Important Attributes Strong Leaders Share

7 characteristics of the best leaders

Why We Need to Persevere in Reaching the Next Generation

Laying a solid foundation for the next generation

How Reading Through the Bible Has Shaped My Life as a Pastor

I made a commitment in college to read 10 chapters a day. Here's how that has informed my pastoral ministry.

7 Steps for Agile Leadership in Ever-Changing Conditions

A step-by-step guide to leading effective change and becoming a more agile leader

How to Be Better at Leading Change

7 tips that will help you get comfortable leading change

What Church Leaders Can Expect From 2021

We need to temper our expectations for the new year, but there is hope.

How Jesus Thought and Taught About Singleness

Jesus' reflections on marriage and singleness from the Gospels

What Christmas Teaches Us About the Timing of God

God's timetable is all over the Christmas story.