Articles for Pastors

Because the church is comprised of people, we will have problems to deal with periodically.

The Bible is prolific about the importance of hearing God’s voice – in both the Old and New Testaments. Yet, how do we understand God’s pledge to speak to us without slipping into some kind of extra-biblical, subjective mysticism? Let’s try to understand.

“We are not alone, we are not alone for God is with us… He will make us strong, we will press on, for God is with us.” Listening to these words gives me this marvelous sense of God’s presence in and among His people in this neighborhood.

"Higher-expectation churches tend to be more unified, more Great Commission focused, more biblically defined and more servant oriented."

Pastors, your mission and vision is far more important. The following are just 5 of the things smart churches are doing during the coronavirus.

What should growth look like? How does it look different for various sizes of churches?

Pastors are learning just how helpful and important these church members are. I hope we’ll continue to delegate post-COVID, but I’m not sure we will. Here’s why we pastors struggle with delegation.

Joe McKeever: "There seems to be a lot of pain out there in the pastor/member relationship."