Articles for Pastors

Part of healthy church leadership and unity is helping your congregation understand that unity is rooted in shared allegiance to Jesus, not identical opinions about every issue.

A steady rhythm of rest, prayer, relationships, and boundaries doesn’t just protect you from burnout — it frees you to pastor with joy and endurance.

Personal growth is not a luxury reserved for sabbaticals or crises. It is an essential part of faithful pastoral leadership. If it is missing from your calendar, it will eventually show up as fatigue, frustration, or diminished joy.

When a church fires a pastor and sends him packing, many things happen. Almost none of them is positive or good.

"Do all the work necessary until you can articulate the views of your opponent with such strength that he says, ‘I couldn’t have said it better myself.’"

How to identify and break through the top five church growth barriers, no matter what your church size.

If going to work in the morning is a battle, perhaps these suggestions will help.

Celebrate this Christmas with those believers who have gone before us. Here is a Christmas Sermon from St. Gregory of Nazianzus (AD 380).