Articles for Pastors

Is Your Youth Ministry Physically Healthy?

The way to incorporate healthy habits into your ministry isn’t switching pizza for tilapia. While you do need to look at the food you offer on retreats and at programs, it’s essential to talk about it.

4 Reasons to Thank God for the Small Church

The membership numbers might be small, but the ministry impact can be enormous.

3 Helpful Factors From Joshua for Leading Your Church Out of Crisis and Into the Future

Movement requires a decision. The decisions Joshua determined the promises He’d experience. Joshua decided to partner with God. Joshua allowed God to use the time in-between the past and the promise.

4 Reasons the Local Church Is the Best at Developing Leaders

"We are a part of a long and beautiful lineage of God-followers multiplying."

Who’s Your Hero?

If Jesus is my hero, even when I fail I’m newly grateful for God’s provision in Christ and turn to worship instead of self-loathing.

Learning to Pray From Paul

Paul’s prayer over the church at Colossae (1:9-14) is one of those crammed prayers that can not only benefit us but it can teach us about prayer.

7 Dangerous Truths About False Teachers

Few people advertise themselves as false teachers—so what should you know about them?

8 Surprising Insights From a Former Pastor

Time away from the pastorate reveals these powerful insights.