Pastors

As I start my time at Outreach Magazine and ChurchLeaders.com, I wanted to explain a bit about what I do as a missiologist and what missiology is. In short, we ask the "why" question.

Preach the Bible instead of Calvinism because the Bible’s words are God-breathed, not our theological formulations.

Wondering why pastors quit? Here are 4 ways to keep your pastor from leaving.

Should pastors tithe? Here's the deal. Pastors have to tithe -- they have to. I know many pastors don’t, but you simply have to tithe if you are going to lead a church.

A mistake I often see in a list of church core values: many of the items aren’t core values. It’s not that the items are evil or bad, the problem is their list of core values tells you almost nothing about who they are as a church.

Leaders are rightfully held to higher standards. That doesn’t mean that leaders are better than anyone else, but we are accountable for our actions because of our influence on people.

Nick Saban, Bill Belichick, and the price and responsibility of leadership.

When we make excuses to avoid God's calling, there is oftentimes something deeper than disobedience happening.