Articles for Pastors

Pursue these qualities in your own life and encourage them in others. Pray for yourself and others. Pray that you will build up the church as faithful and patient members who attend, encourage, confront, pray, and serve.

Even though it's not easy, you can defeat depression. But you don’t need a quick encouragement. You need a God who walks through pain with you.

I have learned that taking an extended break each year is fruitful for me, for my team, for the church, and for the future.

Natural growth teaches us that coming into maturity depends not only on the child, but the family as well. And the neighborhood. And the society.

Have we made the Proverbs 31 woman into a trophy wife of impossible standards? Now, as a wife and mother, I feel that the Proverbs 31 woman is wielded as a weapon against me more than ever.

If you currently feel like a zombie pastor due to ministry stress, what can you do to renew your passion, energy, and zest for ministry?

To address the reality of the unreached and those lacking knowledge among us, here are six things pastors should say in every sermon.

Few of us who are pastors excel in every aspect of pastoral ministry. Most have a few areas we greatly enjoy, a few areas that stretch us uncomfortably, and many areas in the middle.