Articles for Pastors

Be content with pastoring an almost invisible church. To paraphrase an old saying, God must love almost invisible churches because he made so many of them. So we’d better start to love them too.

The world may tell you to remove negative people from your life. But if you strive to be an authentic leader, your goal should be just the opposite. You should be seeking out negative people, and placing yourself directly, and intentionally, in their midst.

An unteachable person is not necessarily quarrelsome, although when the right issue arises they may be, or they may just walk away. What does an unteachable person look like? What are his (or her) distinguishing marks? Here are twelve possibilities.

To the women in ministry: If we offend man by preaching, teaching and sharing the message of Jesus with our lost and broken world it is better than offending God by not sharing the message.

Using a single verse from the Bible, men like John MacArthur find it ok to ridicule women like Beth Moore, and to say to all the girls and women with the gift of teaching, “Go home”. 

I understand why churches look for someone with ministry experience when they’re looking for a pastor. Frankly, I would naturally lean that way, too—except for the many “rookie” pastors I’ve seen do well in their ministry. Here’s why a young pastor might lead well your church’s revitalization efforts.

"Maturity is an inner quality that resonates through all the components of a leader’s life."

“I don’t see a need for them to rush to the international missions field. It will still be there in a few years.” Really? You don’t see a need? How about the millions who will enter a Christ-less eternity while you hold them back?