Articles for Pastors

May we never love doctrine for doctrine’s sake; love doctrine for the aim of loving Jesus. No more knockoffs. The real thing is ready.

Setting goals this next week will give me time to pray about and prepare for meeting those goals. Maybe these discipleship questions will help you in setting goals for 2023.

If ministry volunteers aren’t validated in the ministry you lead, then they will look for another place where they are.

If it's true and Christmas is the new Easter in terms of reaching people who don’t regularly attend church, then our preparing for Christmas must be more intentional than ever.

I was overwhelmed with my life and felt like I was failing in everything I did.

Small churches are not better than big churches. Big churches aren’t better than small ones. Let's discover the resilience of the small church.

Pastors often sense a profound pressure to perform even when they might not feel like it. To secure their positions, they often play hurt and try pastoring through pain.

So many churches and ministry organizations value loyalty far more than expertise – to the extent that they would rather hire or promote an extremely loyal person over someone more qualified. Call it a loyalty obession.