Articles for Pastors

The words "accountability partner" sound like an exception and a punishment rather than a lifestyle and a gift.

While church growth has its share of critics, I’ve rarely met a church leader who didn’t want his or her church to grow. And ultimately, growth matters because people matter and the mission matters.

The “high places” is a shorthand term for places of pagan worship, usually (though not always) on hills or mountains to bring them closer to their false gods.

Your calling is revealed to you before it is revealed to others. God often gives us a glimpse of the future long before it is actualized.

One of the ways I prepare for sermons is by constantly collecting content—things like news stories or statistics that might make a good illustration, anecdotes and quotes, and Bible verses based on a common theme.

Excommunicating someone who has completely stopped attending is, in effect, giving them what they’ve asked for.

Just because you have a leadership position doesn’t mean you are leading. That’s a sobering thought.

I believe it’s always good to do self-evaluation as a leader.