Pastors

As we all know, there end up being loose ends – five minutes here, 10 minutes there, 20 minutes over there that are left over. The question is – what can we do with those short periods of time? Waste them or make them accomplish more?

If we can move from merely hosting digital versions of live church services into a new era of digital discipleship, faith leaders can successfully grow their congregations and foster lasting spiritual change.

Some younger evangelicals see a patriotic church service as a compromise with worldly power. Their approach is to take the flag out of the sanctuary, never sing a patriotic song, and never mention a patriotic holiday.

"Faith may not be the same as rationality, but this does not mean that faith in God is irrational."

Leaders do more than show the way: they constantly learn new ways.

These insights from the 1940s still ring true today.

Rev. Canon Esau McCaulley believes the Bible shows us that sin is both personal and corporate in nature and that fighting systemic racial sin is not a political agenda, but the church's duty.

The devil does not have to destroy church leaders, he only has to distract them from leading a praying church.