Articles for Pastors

The Christ-centered life should be characterized by joy and peace, not frantic stress.

When this influence is used to promote personal agendas over the mission, it divides the organization’s mission.

I don’t try to solve their problems for them. I know that seems hard to understand, maybe even cruel of me, unless you understand why I don’t.

Think about it, we can get in the rut of doing nothing but responding to hours of emails every day. It can rob us of our sermon prep time, our staff nurture time and all around productivity.

Among the boomer generation, 20 percent are becoming more receptive to faith and church. That’s approximately 19 million boomers when the percentage is applied to the entire generation.

They don’t want to end a ministry on a negative note. Nobody does. Thus, they hang on, hoping that the next evangelistic program or the next new member will finally make the difference.

While writing off the church passes as sophisticated thinking, it’s actually the opposite; what if it’s a simplistic and even reductionistic line of thinking that leads nowhere constructive?

You could call Louie Giglio the "comeback kid," especially if you know his entire story. ChurchLeaders podcast spent time with Louie to learn more about how he—and we—can come back!