Articles for Pastors
Are We Making Disciples or Just Big Crowds?
Jared Wilson is concerned the evangelical church's drive for numeric growth has had an unintended casualty: discipleship and spiritual growth.
Articles for Pastors
Why We’re Ending Our Multi-Site Approach
Mecklenburg Community Church is closing all of its satellite campuses and ending the multi-site approach to growth we have embraced for nearly a decade....
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Is Your Church Healthy? Part 1: Engaged
Every week I have the opportunity to record a podcast, Making Disciples with Robby Gallaty, with Pastor Robby. When we record, we spend a...
Articles for Pastors
Replacing a Long-Term Leader
Replacing a long-term leader is rarely easy. Especially, if you're the one replacing the person everyone is used to.
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10 Common Pastoral Care Questions
Most pastors are amazing. I am honored to serve them, and my appreciation for pastors grows every day.
For example, I recently conducted a social...
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Lessons of Prayer—Both Positive and Negative
In Acts 12, we find an important scene of a persecuted church and a praying church. It was the persecution that precipitated the prayer—and what happens in this record of church history is vitally important regarding the practice of prayer within our local church today.
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How to Pray According to Your Enneagram Personality
Part of the wisdom of the Enneagram is that it can give us some insight on prayer. If you know your Enneagram personality type, here's how you can use that information in your prayer life!
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What Is Discernment?
True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary.