Pastors / Leadership

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  10 Things Seniors Need to Be Writing for Future Generations If you and I will take the trouble to handwrite a message and leave it in a somewhat permanent spot, it may be there to speak its truth long after we have arrived in Heaven. Joe McKeever Feb 27, 2019
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  What to Give Up for Lent  The season of Lent is an opportunity for us to reflect on who we are and who God is. The 40 days before Easter is a time to reorder our lives. The long season before Easter — from which we get the... Dr. Michael A. Milton Feb 27, 2019
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  Another Kind of Religious Leader Must Arise As I’ve stated before: With rapid-fire changes within a culture saturated by political correctness and relativism, we are inclined to ask if there is any hope for America. Shane Idleman Feb 26, 2019
• 10 Ways to Discover Your Unique Calling We were created to leave an eternal impact—to live for God and His kingdom. But that doesn’t mean Christian ministry must feel burdensome.  To the contrary. God wants us to receive... Jennifer Slattery Feb 25, 2019
• 9 Things All Great Leaders Do I don't really know what a good leader looks like. I live in a place where we do not have pastors to teach us. What does a good and godly leader do? Dr. Roger Barrier Feb 22, 2019
• 10 Pet Peeves about Church (from One Who Loves It) By “pet peeve,” we mean only a minor disagreement. An annoyance. We find certain things irritating, but they are not deal-breakers. No federal case, no mountains from a molehill. Okay to disagree. A personal... Joe McKeever Feb 21, 2019
• 3 Ways the Liturgical Calendar Can Shape Christian Discipleship Time is a gift; a precious gift that cannot be exchanged if it doesn't suit us. By saying that time is a gift we are admitting that time is not a commodity. A commodity is nothing special, something that is... Dr. Michael A. Milton Feb 21, 2019
• 10 Ways to Make Church Guests Feel Welcome While I was in college, a local church offered me a hospitality internship. My goal was to attract new guests, create a welcoming environment, and develop a process that ultimately leads guests into... Lindsey VanSparrentak Feb 20, 2019
• The Most Overlooked Part of Funerals and Church Services The fact that we could assemble and forget to pray says a hundred things about us, all of them bad. Joe McKeever Feb 19, 2019
• 6 Destructive Trends Happening in Your Church If we are to reach our culture with the truth of the gospel, we must deal with these troubling trends that have crept into many of our churches. Jared C. Wilson Feb 15, 2019
• James MacDonald: 7 Reasons Why Christian Leaders Fall Within weeks, one of my heroes has fallen, and some of my friends in pastoral ministry have taken detours in their destiny as well. Failings among leaders are becoming an epidemic. No one is beyond the reach... Shane Idleman Feb 15, 2019
• Why the Church is Not for Perfect People If the world were perfect, what would have been the point of Jesus’ death? Jay Lowder Feb 14, 2019