Pastors

If you experience many emotions revolving around COVID-19, prayer can be a powerful tool. To pray for your church is one way to build unity when divisions arise. Prayer leads to peace.

The gospel is the greatest content on the planet, and we pastors write and say a lot of words about it every week. Here are at least six ways to stretch the reach of a good sermon beyond the single weekend service.

Use these potential markers of arrogance to avoid such a fall.

Wrapped up in every slander is an opportunity to cultivate spiritual maturity in leadership.

The morning sun, the breath in your lungs, the very words of God tucked under one arm, an imperfect church to go to, a squirt of hand sanitizer from your preacher’s wife. In the end it all adds up to His goodness.

There are rare times when circumstances seem to say that leading according to artful nuance, the complexity of culture, and the speed of change takes priority over the strategy.

We can complain to God, but when we complain, we must remember how good God is. David complained about his situation. The Israelites complained about their Savior. And the Lord responded very differently.

The only real hope that a church will follow through on their mission statement is if it’s based on what the church is already doing.