Church Leadership
There’s a scandal going on in the church today.
It is one of the biggest scandals in church history, yet it remains invisible to most of us.
No, it’s not the sexual sins of some of our leaders. It’s not the physical, emotional and spiritual abuse of church members, ...
What‘s the best church size?
Some church growth proponents might argue that, whatever your size, “just a little bigger” would be better.
Many house church attenders would propose that smaller is better.
There are followers of John Wesley’s Rule of 150 who ...
The church belongs to Jesus.
It is not owned by its denomination, its donors, its members, its staff or its lead pastor.
Jesus said he would build his church – and he’s not about to give up that ownership to us or our ideas.
As a pastor, this is a lesson I need to remind ...
Some of the strongest statements are made in the simplest ways.
This is true of leadership. Especially Christian leadership. People will learn more from what we do than what we say.
For instance, if we are going to teach and preach against greed and pride, we need to live a life ...
So, my last blog post stirred up a lot more response than I expected.
In The Biggest Mistake Teaching Pastors Tend to Make – And How To Correct It, I encouraged pastors to move from being a teaching pastor to an equipping pastor, based on the Pastoral Prime Mandate of Ephesians ...
If you are a teaching pastor, I have a gift for you. I’m going to share one of the most important lessons I’ve learned in 35+ years of pastoral ministry.
It happened when I recognized that I was commiting what is probably the biggest mistake most teaching pastors ...
There are two equal, but opposite mistakes churches regularly make regarding money.
Especially for smaller churches, these are the main ways that finances (or lack of them) stop us from doing the ministry we’re called to do.
(This is part of an ongoing series, Money and ...
Uh… Wow.
Every 30 years?
Yes, those are the stats, according to a church renovation expert I heard at a recent conference.
By the time his company is called in to help a church renovate their sanctuary, lobby, exterior or anything significant, it’s been three full ...
It’s hard to find people who will step up and lead in the church today. Especially young people.
That’s what I keep hearing.
But I also see many churches that are the exceptions to that supposed rule. Including the amazing congregation I get to serve.
What are healthy ...
Pastors fall into one of three groups when it comes to money.
- Pastors who hate talking about money at all
- Pastors who talk about money obsessively
- Pastors who have discovered a biblical balance
Most pastors I’ve met, maybe two out of three, are in the first group. We want ...
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