Pastors

When a fired preacher walks away bitter, that does concern me.

By shifting from a teacher-teller to a listener-learner posture, our ministry has learned from nearly 4,000 LGBT+ people what it is like to grow up gay or transgender.

“It’ll never happen to me.” “It” is a moral failure, and I’ve never met a fallen pastor who expected it to happen. Assuming it won’t happen is a first step toward disaster.

Why go to seminary? I know full well that many today find seminary irrelevant and contend they are “successful” ministers without it. I disagree mostly, so here are 10 reasons why you should seriously consider going to seminary.

The church across the world has now been through Advent, Lent, Easter and Pentecost... But alas, the calendar changes once more: We enter into ordinary time.

Would it be okay to replace the tithe with service to your church instead?

What actually makes the “non-uniqueness” of Jesus wonderfully unique is that though He is asking everything from you, He is also giving up everything to you.

Every young pastor needs an old mentor. I know that’s not a new thought. I press the point because it’s hard to overstate the value of wisdom from someone 50 years older than you.