Where once the church was the gathering place, the world enticed her people to become more lackadaisical to her offerings. As a leader, you must not focus on those who have chosen not to return, but on the ones who come at least once a month to church.
God did not call you to go into the accessible places where gold would be found, but the hard places where ministry must drill down into the community to find a solid foundation to build the church.
Leaders today are facing discouragement and are asked if they will continue in their ministry assignment or leave ministry altogether.
By reconnecting with your neighbors, you will bring the church back to the forefront of what has been missing--a deep community connection.
For some leaders, listening to another person talk about their problems is like fingernails on a chalkboard. While other leaders embrace the conversations as they gain a high conversing with others.
Becoming a better shepherd or a better leader never happens by accident, and it doesn’t simply happen over time. Men and women who improve their pastoral capacity or their leadership do so with great effort and on purpose. Here are a few helpful suggestions to start improving. If you are going to an appointment that … Continued
As Jesus sat at the table of Zacchaeus, he, too, saw past the sinful nature. Instead, he saw a man in need. Put yourself in Zacchaeus' position, and then Jesus’.
One of the primary roles of a pastor is to gather as many sheep as possible. We all know that for people to come and join your church they need to like us. This reality means that as pastors, we perpetually serve in hazardous territory.
So, should a leader give up leading and living like Jesus because others don’t like what is happening around them? The church needs leaders to speak up and step out of the comfortable to serve the uncomfortable.
“It is not a matter of whether the Old Testament law applies but how the New Testament applies it.”
