Be specific about what God is showing you. Does the vision mean fine-tuning your churchs youth ministry, growing your outreach department, building up leaders within the ministry, or growing your church's deeper understanding of Gods Word as you renew church vision?
When someone stands up at church and says, God told me , we imagine that to say something with such certainty means theyve been let in on the secret of how God speaks to them in obvious ways. But more often than not, its this Eucharistic voice theyre expressing.
As a pastor who has served in the season of ‘in-between,’ not knowing if one should stay or go from the current assignment, my heart goes out to you. But I want you to ask yourself, why do I serve?
Community and connection are some of the key distinctions I see in women's ministry planning where we are able to help foster multi-generational relationships and offer moments to connect over shared experiences.
Culture wars and ideologies like Christian nationalism look to the external world to find enemies and threats. But as Christians who define our identity inwardly, through a deepening and growing relationship with Jesus, we find health. The promise of hidden, inward transformation is gorgeous hope.
Nine times out of 10, guests will not just show up unsure of what to expect because they will have reviewed the church's website and social media pages looking for the flavor of your local church.
On this side of heaven, theological disagreement is part of life. The apostles who wrote the New Testament settled such disputes in the first century. Today, we have a clear word from God preserved in Scripture but no magisterium to settle our disagreements over how to interpret it, especially when church division arises from these theological disagreements.
Has your church become so comfortable in the familiar that it misses what guests are experiencing? Guests will break through the confines of the comfortable and see Christ, or they will see the church stuck in church familiarity and never return.
Leading the local church is hard enough, but leading when youre unsure what to do next is challenging. Finishing strong in your season will look different for everyone. But everyone can complete the overall tasks they have been called to and meet them with Gods excellence in mind.
Humility is not self-hatred, self-neglect, or self-punishment. Understanding the true meaning of humility is crucial, as the Bible never says, Hate yourself; instead, love your neighbor. It says, Love your neighbor as yourself
