![Lent for Leaders Lent for Leaders](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67140.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Many leaders have mixed feelings about Lent. Perhaps you’ve noticed that some of your congregants use Lent as a way to gain God’s favor rather than repenting of sin and consecrating themselves to God. Such misguided theology can make Lent a burden rather than ...
![On the Road to Racial Reconciliation On the Road to Racial Reconciliation](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67067.jpg?h=168&w=300)
I used to belong to a church that no longer exists. We were founded on a vision of being a multicultural worshiping congregation that was empowered by the Holy Spirit to do innovative outreach in the community. For me it was a dream come true. However, after I had been a ...
![Women, Calling, and Guilt Women, Calling, and Guilt](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67049.jpg?h=168&w=300)
For the first year and a half that Marcy* was in seminary, she struggled with guilt. Marcy was a full-time student at an evangelical seminary, but she was also a staff person at a para-church ministry. She worried her financial supporters wouldn’t understand, and she ...
![Four Steps to Form a Personal Support Group Four Steps to Form a Personal Support Group](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66943.jpg?h=168&w=300)
When my husband and I planted a church, our entire focus was on what we could do for others. We wanted to win people to Christ, disciple them, and send them out to do the same. We became single-minded, and we worked harder than I ever thought possible.
This was all good, ...
![Young Mom Turned Evangelist Young Mom Turned Evangelist](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66864.jpg?h=168&w=300)
On a street corner in Ontario in 1915, a young woman jumped onto a chair, raised her arms to heaven, closed her eyes, and stood motionless for a time. The crowd around her grew, along with taunts, questions, and jeers. After a while, a man reached up to touch her arm, seeing ...
![Passion Is Not Enough Passion Is Not Enough](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66788.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Many leaders mistake mission and vison, but they’re not the same. Martin Luther King Jr. had a vision—a dream—to end segregation. His mission involved various methods like marches, speeches, and boycotts to help make that vision a reality. The mission is ...
![Diagnosing and Changing Church Culture Diagnosing and Changing Church Culture](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66654.jpg?h=168&w=300)
What do you do when you realize your church talks the talk, but doesn’t walk the walk? It’s an all-too-common realization, and one I’ve had myself. I agreed with all the church’s stated values, I affirmed their mission, but in reality, those written ...