Pastors

6 Reasons You Should Preach Through Amos

In this series, certain books will grab a preacher’s attention without much convincing. And then there are books like Amos that often go unnoticed and...

It’s Not Always You: Why People Leave Your Church and How to Keep Them

There are times when you’ll lose people because your church didn’t do well at keeping people connected—and these losses hurt because you know you could have done something different.

What Is the Church?

What Is the Church And why are the reforming markers of the church (preaching and ordinances) so crucial for understanding what the church is? The church...

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.