Pastors

How the world’s ways of leadership have seeped into the church—but not in the way you might expect.

Gimmicks are like candy. They're fun for a moment. But you can't build a steady diet – or a strong church – on them.

A leader can't exist without people to lead—treat them well.

Different ministries approach church health and growth in different ways. If we didn't, we probably couldn’t help each other very much.

The vast majority of churches are small, so we need small church alternatives to big church solutions.

What does it take to develop leaders in your church?

We can't treat Millennials as a homogeneous group. We have to minister to them as individuals, instead.

The words Church Growth are packed with so much emotional baggage that they’ve become virtually useless in my context.

When someone sneers "A pastor that helps you define anything other than who would lead a committee! HA! Good one," let's listen before responding.