Pastors

Your effectiveness as a leader depends a lot on what you do when no one is looking—the private spiritual disciplines you engage in to grow closer to Jesus.

I've noticed that different people interpret what that means in different ways.

Many children's ministries answer that question with clear and relevant lessons, accompanied by creative Bible teaching.

Andy Stanley and Jim Collins in an unexpected point-counterpoint.

“I wonder if that's how people who don't go to church feel the first time they visit somewhere.”