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The revitalization story of First Baptist Church features a pastor’s dying wish, a merger with a church plant and the church’s first VBS in more than 30 years.

Many of us could write blog posts about surprising things we’ve heard in church. But here are 14 things you'll seldom heard in church as a pastor.

How can you help the people in your congregation to be worshipers? If you're not careful, you can spend all of your time entertaining people on Sundays. Worship Leader, it’s time to think of yourself as a coach.

"The sad reality is that many churches have less than one-half of their members showing up at any one point."

As I listened to this Godly lady thank the congregation for 33 years of love shown to her, her husband, their children, and now grandchildren, I developed a picture of the type of church anyone would want to pastor.

If you’ve ever preached or taught and felt like no one was listening to your sermon, you know what I’m talking about in this...

Dedicate one Sunday this year to end slavery.

Too often churches choose new pastors largely based upon the perceived weaknesses of the previous pastor.