Timeless wisdom for pastors with forward-thinking solutions.
Also in this issue
The Leadership Journal archives contain over 35 years of issues. These archives contain a trove of pastoral wisdom, leadership skills, and encouragement for your calling.
Church Renovation Blind Spots
Why we sometimes miss obvious problems with our facilities.
Finding Myself in Fixed-Hour Prayer
How praying the Daily Offices is uniting a church in the Spirit.
The God Bearer
What Iraq taught me about living the Presence.
Church On Demand
There’s good reason for online worship, even if you’re not a megachurch.
Church ... Virtually
Why internet campuses are making us reconsider our assumptions about ministry.
If God is in the House
The kingdom of God flurishes in the most unlikely facilities.
The Sprawling Missional Campus
Providing people a place to practice their faith may require facilities the community lacks.
How to Ask for Money
There is fear in asking, but pastors can learn to do it right.
Space Frontiers
How three churches are pioneering new ways to use facilities for the gospel.
Back to Square One
A review of Re:Jesus by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
When Domestic Violence Knocks
How to minister wisely when it shows up in your congregation.
I Was Wrong About Church Buildings
They can be outposts of mission, not just a drain on resources.
How a Mighty Church Falls
What it takes to prevent congregational decline.
The Community Coffeehouse
Our modest effort to use our facility to serve the neighborhood.
Interpreting Cultural "Texts"
It’s critical to exegete your culture and not just the Bible.
Walls Do Talk
In the Bible, locations and structures mean something. What is your facility saying?
New Business Meetings Format
An alternative format may restore the effectiveness of your congregational meetings.
Sacred Space, Shared Space
A city planner says it is time for churches to serve their communities by restoring sacred spaces to the public square.
Power outage or Power display?
What a Sunday blackout revealed.
Building for What Future?
Expectations and the economy are forcing churches to ask foundational questions.
Against the Current
The unexpected challenges of multi-ethnic ministry.
Word to the Y's
A new breed of church planters is discovering it’s smart to stay at the YMCA.
No Raise for Pastors
Survey shows average salary and benefits decline.
