Paul’s exhortation to the elders of the Church of Ephesus in Acts 20:28 have profound implications for pastoral ministry and spiritual leadership in the church. He urged them to “pay careful attention to yourselves.”
Your calling consists of many duties and responsibilities. A few of them may be in your wheelhouse, but for the most part pastoral ministry will tax you, challenge you and humble you.
Regardless the size of the church, recruiting church leaders is a potential trap.
Pastors must develop church leaders in two domains: spiritual maturity and competent governance.
Leadership isn't dependent upon one’s charisma, worldly success, or professional status. Rather, leaders are those chosen for their character.
What if the Lord were to reveal to you that in 10 years, your life and your ministry would be the same as it is now?
Pastors must become change agents because churches have lost contact with communities steeped in isolation and loneliness.
What would you say is the essence of pastoral ministry? That’s a question that stumps most people.
Invariably churches want a quick fix. The pastor is ready to launch into leadership training straightaway. But, like most quick-fix moves, this will only make things worse.
The Lord has put me in a lot of tough spots over the years where I've had no choice but to depend on him to pay the bills and feed my family.
A tsunami of COVID-19, quarantines, riots, racial tensions, demands for online services and dozens of other challenges has slammed pastors and churches. Pastor, you're not going to be much good to yourself, the church, or the mission if you burn out.
Church revitalization begins with a change in how the pastor thinks.
Traversing the "neutral zone" will be hard, but it will be easier if you use these 6 interventions.
No one in world history has stepped out into the world that awaits us. Pastors must figure out how to do something that’s never been done: re-open a church that was closed to stop the spread of plague. How do we do this?
I wish every pastor in America would make a solemn vow to never speak these words again and that they would correct church members who long for a return to the status quo.
What kind of person becomes a gifted church revitalizer?
What a huge open door to significant change.
10 ways to prepare yourself and your church for a focus on outreach.
It’s important to realign our church systems to support the mission.
A church’s unique rituals reveal its culture.
