Preaching is one of the most important responsibilities of the pastor in a small church context.
It’s important, not just because it is the most visible function of a pastor, but because it is one of the primary tools for discipleship.
As pastors, our primary job is making ...
There are two churches in America. The church inside the Bible Belt and the church outside the Bible Belt.
The ones inside the Bible Belt often look at the ones outside as compromised and soft on sin because of their rejection of long-held traditions.
Meanwhile, those outside ...
There’s something very sad and scary about the way too many pastors are leaving the ministry lately.
It’s never been unusual to hear about pastors dropping out of full-time ministry when the demands of the calling are different from their expectations. Especially ...
If a church wants to break growth barriers, here are some of the principles pastors need to follow:
- Equip church members to do ministry, not just have ministry done for them
- Train the people you have to reach out to the people you don’t have
- Be friendly and welcoming to your guests
Bigger churches aren’t necessarily better. Smaller churches aren’t necessarily broken, stuck or ineffective.
Effective churches exist in all shapes and sizes. Including churches that haven’t grown numerically in a while.
But the myths persist. Especially the ...
When it comes to pastoral ministry, I've discovered an interesting (and sometimes frustrating) paradox.
The more I care for people, the less concern I have for increasing the size of the crowd – while the more I work to increase the size of the crowd, the less caring ...
People don’t hate long sermons.
They hate boring sermons. Irrelevant sermons. Impractical sermons. Uninspiring sermons. Unprepared sermons. Over-prepared sermons… You get the idea.
A bad sermon can’t be short enough, but an engaging sermon can go longer than ...
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