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Who is responsible for the health and growth of a local church?
Is it all up to the pastoral leadership? As one former megachurch pastor used to say, “if it’s going to be, it’s up to me.”
Or is it all up to Jesus who said “I will build my church”? ...
Some ministers seem to be ideally suited for what they do.
Their passion, their skill set, their spiritual gifting and their circumstances all seem to line up in one integral whole.
But what about the rest of us? What do you do when you feel divided? When your passion goes in ...
When it comes to leading people, many pastors fall into one of two opposite traps.
Doing everything themselves, or delegating tasks to people who don’t do them well.
Many pastors swing wildly between the two.
Here’s why.
What Causes Pastoral Burnout?
We see something ...
Most of the world’s historic victories happened in one simple, yet brutal way – the winner was better at killing than the loser was.
Death wins. As long as it’s your death, not mine.
One of the many reasons I follow Jesus is that his victory on the cross was ...
There are two ways for a local church to reach more people.
Advertising or evangelism.
And they are not the same thing.
There’s nothing wrong with advertising, per se. Using social media, print ads, handouts or other means to let people know about your church or its events ...
There are only two forms of the church that ultimately matter.
The universal church and the local church.
Everything else is an add-on. Including buildings, furniture, styles of music, types of preaching, curriculum, and the subject of today’s article, denominations.
I’m ...
Almost every pastor wants their church to be bigger.
By at least 50 to 100 percent.
Got 50 people? 100 would be great.
100? Let’s shoot for 200.
There’s a lot about that drive that’s healthy. But there’s another side that’s unsettling, uncertain and ...
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