Pastors

I firmly believe that if you take these recruiting tips and apply them—and avoid the hiring pitfalls—you will literally save more than $100K in the long run.

Here is a difficult question to ask ourselves during painful seasons where our biggest question is "why?": Would knowing the "why" really help us?

I have served as a pastor for over 35 years. It can be tough and pastors must care for their souls. Consider these 8 ways to refresh your soul.

As I walked the aisle with my grandpa, I could feel the sanctuary full of Baptist eyes on me. Pastor Claud Pettit waited at the front of the stage as the organ music played. When we reached the front, he asked me why I had come forward. I told him I wanted to get baptized.

True rest is found only in God’s salvation. In the Old Testament, we have the promise of rest from God. In the New Testament, we learn how to enter this rest—only through Jesus.

If you really want your church to have a “full recovery,” at some point you will have to remove the crutches. While producing helpful online content for church members is valuable, it can also be a hindrance to real relationships that churches need.

Discovering your personal canon is actually an excercise in self-discovery. You should try it. #Scripture

I’ve heard that humility “isn’t thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” But while that’s definitely better than the glorification of self-hatred, it still diminishes our need for a healthy self-awareness.