Articles for Pastors

"Higher-expectation churches tend to be more unified, more Great Commission focused, more biblically defined and more servant oriented."

Pastors, your mission and vision is far more important. The following are just 5 of the things smart churches are doing during the coronavirus.

What should growth look like? How does it look different for various sizes of churches?

Pastors are learning just how helpful and important these church members are. I hope we’ll continue to delegate post-COVID, but I’m not sure we will. Here’s why we pastors struggle with delegation.

Joe McKeever: "There seems to be a lot of pain out there in the pastor/member relationship."

So, trembling teacher, it’s good to feel the weight of your responsibility. It’s good to realize that this work shouldn’t be taken lightly. Preparing to teach should be a careful and diligent process, one that is steeped in prayer and study and conscientiousness.

As leaders, we must move as quickly as we can to the transformer stage. We must believe that there are great moments in the midst of the constraint. We must be learners in this season.

Look at the methods of the master communicator, Jesus.