Articles for Pastors
How to Criticize the Leader—Your Boss, the Pastor, etc.—Successfully!
Every leader needs the blessing of positive criticism from the ranks of the membership or team or congregation.
Articles for Pastors
Jealousy, Envy, Insecurity and the Heart of a Pastor
Every pastor and church leader feels them at some level, and if you look at the issues they cause inside us, around us and in our churches, it’s troubling.
Administration
12 Warning Signs of Potentially Bad Church Hires
No church wants to make a bad hire, but many do. Sometimes that happens despite search teams, elders, etc., doing their job well—but it also happens because the team ignores some warning signals.
Articles for Pastors
Should Ministry Be More Fun?
Pastors set the tone in our churches, and sometimes our tone is terrible.
Articles for Pastors
How to “Make Time” for the People in Your Life
One of the greatest challenges of a leader is to make people decisions.
Articles for Pastors
How to Handle Mean-Spirited Email
All pastors get hateful email. Most are easy to ignore and delete. But what do you do with the rest?
Articles for Pastors
Followership: How to Be a Great Team Member
Everyone likes to think of themselves as leadership material. To be a follower is not glamorous.
Articles for Pastors
Preaching With Integrity
The power in your preaching doesn’t come from your persuasive personality, but the power of God’s Word bathed in prayer.