Articles for Pastors

Grow Your Church: 3 By-Law Changes Needed to Break 100, 200, 400 and 600

Sometimes a church's failure to grow has everything to do with the way it's organized.

Recovering the Cure of Souls

Something spiritual happens when we get up close, share meals with our people, weep with them, remind them gently of the gospel, listen to their stores, hold their hands when they’re hurting or dying.

Five Major Questions and Answers About Losing Church Members

One question on the minds of all pastors is "why did they leave?'

Why Your Pastor Isn’t as Good as Those Professional Speakers

What's the difference between a speaker vs pastor? Professional speakers and preachers are two different animals, right? But you’d be amazed at the pressure other people put on preachers to sound like pros, and the perfectionism we put on ourselves when we don’t.

12 Ways to Build Staff Morale

High morale to a church staff team is like momentum is to the overall church.

Is Lack of Faith to Blame for My Prayer Being Unanswered?

When was the last time you had an unanswered prayer?  Did you wonder, “was my prayer not answered positively because of I lack faith?”

“Compel Them to Come In:” The Posture and Persuasion in the Preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon

In contemporary times, the artistry and practice of rhetoric as a discipline, or at least its perception, has fallen on hard times.

Registered Sex Offender: A Sample Church Membership and Attendance Policy

There are many policies that a church needs but does not consider until a crisis strikes which would make them necessary.