Articles for Pastors

5 Keys to Sorting Through the Crazy and Conflicting Opinions You Hear as a Leader

One of the most challenging tasks of leadership involves sorting through seemingly endless opinions you hear almost every day about pretty much everything.

When They Say, ‘It’s Not You’ (But It Is)

What do you do when people are trying to be kind (or wimping out), and what you hear from them is not honest?

18 Leadership Quotes and Lessons From “The Post” Movie

A newspaper's decision to reveal government secrets contains lessons for leaders.

Should You Quit?

Some of you are wondering whether to quit your jobs. Some of you are wondering whether to quit ministries you have within your local church. You’re discouraged and you’re ready to give up. Should you?

Brady Boyd: Why Are We So Bad at Resolving Conflicts in the Church?

Christians tend to rally around one another when there is an outside attack or threat, but it seems we do not fare so well when the battle is amongst us.

Grow Your Church: 3 By-Law Changes Needed to Break 100, 200, 400 and 600

Sometimes a church's failure to grow has everything to do with the way it's organized.

Recovering the Cure of Souls

Something spiritual happens when we get up close, share meals with our people, weep with them, remind them gently of the gospel, listen to their stores, hold their hands when they’re hurting or dying.

Five Major Questions and Answers About Losing Church Members

One question on the minds of all pastors is "why did they leave?'