Articles for Pastors

Thirteen years ago, Jeanne Allert's life was changed when she was invited to do outreach to sexually exploited women in need of shelter care. Since then, Allert has learned a great deal about how to provide such care—and about what the church can do to help.

Charitable donations are often the first spending to be cut and the last to return during a financial crisis. Here are some ideas for churches to jumpstart their cash flow during such a time.

The nature of the divide between a pre-pandemic church and a post-pandemic church will be about what people will expect from a church.

On either side of the equation, spiritual authority is not an easy thing. For parents and and husbands and elders, for people given spiritual authority over others, what do we do with that authority?

Not only should churches communicate their reopening strategy to their members, but they also need to communicate to the community at large.

Jesus is cleansing us and making all that is wrong with the world right again. This message resonates with the reality that postmodern people are looking for.

Coming out of a crisis can be the best time for rebranding, rethinking, or reinvention of your organization, your career, and your life. The single most important step toward reinvention is to never allow yourself to get stuck – for any reason. 

Dan Reiland offers ways to refresh your soul. Thoughts that may help your current journey be a little lighter, more hopeful, and even more productive.