I made a comment at a recent seminar that the only way pastors can reach the unreached is to get out of the office. Seemed to me like a no-brainer, but I repeatedly

It's Easter Monday as I sit to write this article. I had the luxury of having two viewpoints at two different churches yesterday. One of the churches was a 400 member church with

Evangelism for the Rest of Us Excerpted from The Hitchhiker's Guide to Evangelism by Bill Tenny-Brittian (Chalice Press, fall 2008) Over the years, especially with the rise of the Enlightenment and Modernity, an understanding

It used to be that Christmas began when Santa Claus passed the reviewing stand in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It used to be that the first strains of Christmas carols played on the

I had an opportunity to visit a local mega church (about 2,500 AWA*) recently on one of their "special event" Sundays. The service was touted as an "Arts" event and they had four

There's recently been a wave of interest by judicatories in starting Peer Coaching events among their church leaders. With the inevitable failure of the "Let's assign the new kid an experienced pastor to