Few vocations rival the emotional weight those in ministry carry. This is the result of being on the front line in a broken world.
There are at least two reasons the Western church is struggling.
We aren’t reaching people because, well, we aren’t trying to reach people.
When it comes to important leadership factors and strategies, see what these experts have to say.
Here are five principles to focus your church on reflecting God’s love and reaching those who are hurting and longing for security.
Do unnecessary rules keep you from leading well?
After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationships and Faith, by Erica Reitz, will guide the next generation from the university and into the marketplace.
Every day, we read about misstatements, miscues, errors in judgment, lack of candor, misinterpretations, white lies, exaggerations and spin.
Here’s my take on the four basic principles pastors can utilize to step up their leadership game.
Though we are often oblivious when we become “stuck” in our personal growth, the evidence is compelling.
Are there areas where you have settled? How does it impact growth? Charlotte Gambill, Pastor of Life Church UK, alongside her husband Steve, encourages leaders to examine what they're building.
Through Colored Glasses: How Great Leaders Reveal Reality by Tom Harper provides a leadership fable full of characters each of us have seen in real-life individuals and a story we can relate to.
Typically the words “leadership” and “love” are not found in the same sentence unless someone tells you “they love to do leadership.”
I still have painful memories about the first time I experienced losing church members as a pastor.
What do you do with these issues?
Does this truth apply to leadership along with the layperson? I believe so.
In Building the Body: 12 Characteristics of a Fit Church, Gary L. MacIntosh and Phil Stevenson identify characteristics that distinguish fit churches from the merely healthy.
There is much to learn from how this man approached leading through tough times.
OK hasn’t satisfied me, and I don’t think it was ever supposed to do so. God has called me to lead with excellence in these areas.
Do you embrace reality or instead avoid those transitions that get you down?
