Pastors

Should a Church Show Individual Pastor and Staff Salaries in the Budget?

This question comes to the Church Answers’ team and me a few times a month. It often evokes some pretty strong emotions. Can a...

Are We Making Disciples or Just Big Crowds?

Jared Wilson is concerned the evangelical church's drive for numeric growth has had an unintended casualty: discipleship and spiritual growth.

Why We’re Ending Our Multi-Site Approach

Mecklenburg Community Church is closing all of its satellite campuses and ending the multi-site approach to growth we have embraced for nearly a decade....

Chan and Zacharias: Expository Preaching Is the ‘Most Powerful Way’ to Show People Jesus

Ravi Zacharias and Francis Chan believe that if church leaders are going to help the next generation build a genuine faith, it’s crucial they prioritize expository preaching. At the same time, it is just as essential for leaders to communicate truth in love and with compassion.

Is Your Church Healthy? Part 1: Engaged

Every week I have the opportunity to record a podcast, Making Disciples with Robby Gallaty, with Pastor Robby. When we record, we spend a...

Replacing a Long-Term Leader

Replacing a long-term leader is rarely easy. Especially, if you're the one replacing the person everyone is used to.

10 Common Pastoral Care Questions

Most pastors are amazing. I am honored to serve them, and my appreciation for pastors grows every day. For example, I recently conducted a social...

Lessons of Prayer—Both Positive and Negative

In Acts 12, we find an important scene of a persecuted church and a praying church. It was the persecution that precipitated the prayer—and what happens in this record of church history is vitally important regarding the practice of prayer within our local church today.