Before we look at strategy or plans, let’s first look to Jesus and to what he wants to do in and through us. After all, he led us into ministry, and he can give us the strength and guidance to help us continue, and finish well, no matter how long the journey ahead. 

Pastors are called on constantly to help people fix their lives, because pastors minister to people who are broken. But pastors are broken people, too.

An interview with Phil Chorlian of the Vineyard Churches.

As we intentionally draw attention to the Scriptures, which reveal Jesus’s power, presence, ministry, words, deeds, miracles, and wisdom, we should also give concerted attention to the very questions the Holy Spirit inspired for us to read and consider. 

The center is disappearing in American politics and American religion. Moderates are becoming an endangered species.

Leadership is a key component in the health of any church or ministry.

We must allow Scripture to guide us as leaders without losing sight of all the other wisdom the Bible provides to us. 

Pastors, denominational leaders, and curious Christians need to be reassured—American Christianity is not becoming more liberal.

One needs to know the warning signs of burnout and look to ways to activate support and self-care and to discern a clearer alignment with God’s sustainable calling.

Like each of us, pastors are people with needs, capacities, and limitations. These capacities are not limitless despite pressures and messages to the contrary.