High-Tech First Century Church

When the topics get tough, this preacher gets help.

We asked two PKs who are now raising their own PKs to tell us how they navigate ministry and family life.

It took a church and a social service agency teaming up to bring good news to a tough Chicago neighborhood.

More artistic leaders are looking for an alternative to sports metaphors in ministry.

Elders and ministers can lead successfully together if they share these four priorities.

Saving second marriages before they start.

How do you raise a family while leading a church?

When words fail, the Word I’ve memorized is there.

Rediscovering the gift that leaves churches and well-connected pastors in its wake.

A surprising answer to a stubborn problem.

Prayer ensures the sermon reflects Christ, and not just the preacher.

It wasn’t till we attempted the untried and untested that I discovered …

Maybe sustainable agriculture is a better model for church life than a feed lot.

How do you develop a racially diverse leadership team? Are quotas the right recipe?

Can staged worship “experiences” lead to a false gospel?

Like God, the gospel is both one and more than that.

We’re familiar with pastors and teachers, but today’s world needs a leadership team that includes APE, three biblical but forgotten functions.

Rallying Christians and non-Christians around community needs may invigorate your outreach.

When pastors team up to write the week’s sermon, can they avoid oncoming traffic?

Should unbelieving musicians be allowed to play with the worship team?

After a bad experience with personality-based, top-down leadership, a whole new approach was needed at what is truly The Next Level Church.

Comparing the latest books by Andy Stanley and Tim Keel.

What kind of groundwork leads to real community?

How to avoid the 5 most common dysfunctions of a ministry team.