Articles for Pastors

I am using the phrase “inactive members” to refer to those church members who have not shown up for any church service or event in several months.

I must admit. I’ve never had a one night stand. But, I have offered them in a way over the years to the church.

Here is a strange trend that may affect your church finances: While more than half of all churches are in some form of attendance decline, a segment of these declining churches experiences either stability in giving or an increase in giving at the same time people are leaving.

Could the Atlanta housing situation (or lack thereof) be helped by a ministry? Yes, yes it can.

There is no exemption from marriage struggles, whether internal or external. Laying claim to the calling of God forces us to dig deeper down into the work of Christ to grab the anchor that holds fast when all around is messy.

It turns out that Captain Marvel models healthy aspects of biblical womanhood. In Carol Danvers, we find echoes of many positive, heroic and godly women.

While meetings can be an useful tool to push the mission of your church forward, sloppy meetings can be a total waste of time for your team and for the church as a whole. Some common problems that I’ve seen creep into churches with too many unfocused meetings are that:

There is an old word that describes going to war and killing sin. Mortify it. When you see that word, it means, kill zone. DEFCON 1. Going nuclear. Annihilation. Is this the posture of your heart toward your sin?