Pastors

Alan Hirsch: Are You Obsessed with Safety and Security?

“If you want to be creative, you have to risk failure," Alan Hirsch argues.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death Was One of the Greatest Shocks’ of Billy Graham’s Life

“Christianity is not a white man’s religion—and don’t let anyone ever tell you that it’s white or black. Christ belongs to all people. He belongs to the whole world."

How I Found My Pastoral Priorities

In my first several years of pastoral ministry, I asked myself “What should I be doing?” more often than I can count.

Jesus Didn’t Look Down on the Workplace—Neither Should We

What marketplace ministry can teach us about the Kingdom and what the Kingdom can teach marketplace ministry.

Six Reasons Your New Member Class Is Not Effective

An effective new member class is a gift. It provides front-end assimilation. It gets people involved in ministry. It moves them to groups and to wise stewardship.

The Lord Takes His Churches to the Woodshed – Seven Churches of Asia Minor

While it’s true that the Lord chastens whom He loves, it is not true that those who receive the chastening appreciate it the way they should.

8 Signs You’re Leading on the Defensive

Check these markers of leading on the defensive, and see if any characterize you.

5 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2019

Leaders who pretend nothing needs to change end up being the blacksmith in the era of the automobile, Sears in the age of Amazon, or Kodak in an Instagram culture.