Articles for Pastors

If you wish my take on your church, from my single visit, I’m be happy to give it. But you’ll have to ask.

It’s an exciting time. It’s a hopeful time. It is my prayer God will use many of us as His instruments for a mighty wave of revival and revitalization in our churches.

Thinking back on some of the toughest decisions I had to make over the years, some don’t seem so tough now, but they were at the time I had to make them.

There's something about a ministry that is advancing God's kingdom that brings out the Debbie downers and the negatives Neds in droves.

More often than not, I have found that many areas of ministry that seem like conflicts to be solved are actually tensions to be managed.

Whether we are moms, CEOs or in full-time Christian ministry, we compare ourselves to one another. And, undoubtedly, we consider ourselves the harder worker, the better performer, the one who deserves a bit more.

Tolerating a dangerous person in your church will cultivate a dangerous church. So how can you guard the flock and protect members from other people in the congregation?

Church governance matters. It matters not just from a biblical-faithfulness perspective but also from a fruitfulness-growth perspective.