Articles for Pastors

The following article is an excerpt of Revitalization of Southside Baptist Church. Copyright 2018 by Dr. Harry Fowler. Southside Baptist. A once grand—but now shrinking—church. Southside Baptist...

Many a pastor and/or staff member would still be in ministry today had they sought the counsel of church leaders on some practice they were contemplating.

Although I've earned two seminary degrees and I appreciate what I learned in seminary, I've learned many key lessons as a pastor that seminary never taught me.

The hardest thing about being a pastor today is the confusion about what it means to be a pastor.

After God called my family to a new ministry opportunity, my mentor was caught in an affair. It wrecked me and many in the church.

As much as we may want—and need—progress, there are reasons we naturally tend to avoid it.

Sometimes today, when we hear the gospel preached, the focus is on the cross. The resurrection is often ignored, assumed or mentioned only in passing.

In general, people are less committed to attending their church than in previous generations, which means they can just bail more often if they “don’t like the new guy that much.”