Leadership

How the Church Can Take the Lead in Suicide Prevention

"The church is for the broken. A church without the broken is a broken church."

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

How Loneliness and Belonging: How Often Do You Feel Lonely?

Jesus’s life reveals loneliness and belonging as a blueprint for healthy relationships.

4 Ways to Tackle Deferred Maintenance in the Church

There are four critical areas for evaluating the next steps as you begin to tackle deferred maintenance in the church.

You Are Living a Great Life

I feel loved and respected by congregation members, but when I focus on the reality that God allows me to proclaim his Word to his people, I am humbled. In this state of mixed emotion, I remind myself that I am living a great life.

Embrace Your Insufficiency in Ministry

Insufficiency in ministry isn’t something we overcome or defeat. It’s something that compels us to release ourselves into Jesus’ sufficiency.

Focus on Your Ministry Now for the New Year

God has an incredible plan for the local church. This focus on your ministry can guide the local church as the world moves closer to a post-Christian era, helping it stay true to God's Word and its calling.

The Benefits of Collaborative Leadership

6 ways plurality serves the church

A Practical Theology of Disabling Leadership for the Body of Christ

More than any other community, the church is recognized by the ways people who are marginalized, especially people with disabilities, are included and honored in her midst, through Disabling Leadership.

Exploring Loss in the Church

Transitions of any type (death, job, moving) bring forth the rawness of emotion that frightens and challenges individuals to the core, but just then, we are open to growing deeper with Jesus.

Help! The People at Church Are Driving Me Crazy

The reason God has you at church is so that through love you might, together, proclaim the excellence of who he is.