When it comes to first-time visitors, you may be surprised to learn that perhaps the most influential person your guests will meet isn't your worship leader. It's not the choir director, Christian education leader, or the
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When it comes to first-time visitors, you may be surprised to learn that perhaps the most influential person your guests will meet isn't your worship leader. It's not the choir director, Christian education leader, or the
The world is changing dramatically. Pastors have been trained to do spiritual care. But now the goal is leadership - whatever that really means in a church. Do you struggle with what it
No, I'm not talking about pulling your support from zombie runs (though hopefully you have better things to do with your church's resources). I'm talking about those ministries that probably got started years
Last night I watched Selma. It’s hard to believe our country was ever like that. But I remember when I was a young kid of 17 or 18. In the summers I drove an
Pastors live in the midst of many people. But the secret is they are often lonely and depressed. Pastors suffer from a lack of friends. Be honest, if you are a pastor, are
I tell church planters, “If you can’t show someone the door and go home and sleep well that night, you shouldn’t plant.” One of the things we’ve learned over the years is that planting