Articles for Pastors

Advanced planning not only helped me when I was teaching and preaching, but it also helped other facets of my church.

That unexpected open door led to what we commonly call Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:1-4). The world was permanently changed out of that prayer and fasting in that meeting when a new door.

There are pastors I knew who were faithful unto death, who faithfully served God all the way to the end of their lives. Here is what set them apart.

Have you fallen for one of these superstitious church-growth myths?

I open the door and begin my day: “If I trust him to see what is done in secret, I will not need to be seen by men.”

Jesus illustrates to us how we can best effect durable learning by better preaching. But ultimately it requires a learner’s active engagement and God’s work to effect transformation.

Can you recognize spiritual abuse in the church? Often, you don’t realize you’re in a situation until your health is damaged, your soul is torn or your outside relationships suffer.

If we let a church die and go out of business, then bring a new group into the building and start afresh with something different, that's not the way to revitalize anything. We have held a funeral and then birthed a new flock.