Articles for Pastors

The ill-gained affirmation you receive will hurt you and your leadership over the long-haul. And of course, you can’t keep everyone happy even if that was a good idea.

This isn’t a comparison of big churches versus smaller churches. This is data that’s comparing growing churches to declining churches.

Everything rises or falls on leadership, and many problems can be traced to a lack of competent leadership.

Genesis is a long book with a number of dodgy characters and difficult chapters. But that's one of the reasons I encourage pastors to preach through this book.

Modern believers can have a hard time understanding the Old Covenant. Why don't we follow all of the practices outlined there? When it comes to same-sex acts in particular, is it fair to say the Bible is consistent?

Is your staff team a healthy team? How do you know? It’s easier to know when a team is not healthy, especially if you look at...

Performance should be the motivating factor in deciding what to pay your pastor. There are, however, many other factors to take into consideration when determining a senior pastor's compensation.

I’ve written previously about why my sense of calling matters. In that post, I described what I believe was God’s somehow capturing my attention...