Church Leaders Update

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  7 Reasons Prayer Meetings Fail It wasn’t too long ago that most churches included a prayer meeting as a part of their weekly rhythm. Maybe this was Sunday night or Wednesday evening or early one morning before the sun came up. While... Kevin DeYoung Feb 05, 2019
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  Why You Should Check Your Heart before Worship It’s no coincidence that Sunday morning’s chaos surpasses the hustle to get the kids to school and get to work. Satan doesn’t want you to prepare your heart for worship. Topher Haddox Feb 05, 2019
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  10 Ways Social Media Is Hurting Your Local Church Let’s face it—social media plays a pivotal role in nearly everything we do, so why should church be any different? If we’re honest, it isn’t. When we look closely, it’s easy to see ways in which social media...
• 10 Reasons Most Churches Are Living in the Past The temptation to compare leaves any and all churches vulnerable to living in the past. Relevancy is a hot topic in modern churches, and the lack of it is to blame for the closing of older church doors. The... Meg Bucher Jan 29, 2019
• How Do You Heal a Wounded Church? Every Christian will eventually be wounded in church—and in many other places as well. Dr. Roger Barrier Jan 29, 2019
• 12 Ways Satan May Try to Destroy You, Pastor The Puritans viewed human history as one continual conflict with evil spiritual powers. This is one reason I have so long appreciated the writings of the Puritans, men who were not afraid to expose the... Paul Tautges Jan 22, 2019
• What Does a Pastor Do if He Realizes on Sunday Morning He Cannot Preach? If my sickness had been worse, I would not have been able to preach, regardless how prepared I was or how much I desired to do so. How does a pastor prepare for these moments? Brian Croft Jan 22, 2019
• How to Keep People from Sucking the Life Out of You Some people seem to become “human ticks” around us. It feels like they want to suck the life right out of us. They put us down. They discourage us. They look for ways to trip us and cause us to stumble. Chris Russell Jan 22, 2019
• 7 Disappointing Reasons People Leave the Church One disappointment I have had in ministry is watching people come to church, get excited for a time, then disappear. Here are 7 reasons why they vanish. Ron Edmondson Jan 22, 2019
• When Should a Pastor Decline to Marry a Couple? Every pastor is faced by the dilemma of whether to marry certain couples. Some of the decisions get complicated really quickly. Joe McKeever Jan 16, 2019
• 7 Things Your Small-Group Leader Wishes You Knew As soon as September starts, the Fall routine is well under way. Sunday school; guest events; youth groups; home groups. Apart from a brief breather in November, we’re all pretty much running hard until we... Tim Thornborough Jan 16, 2019
• The Ruthless ABCs of New Year Leadership The start of a new year is always a time of reflection and recalibration, particularly in the life of a leader. Every year I put myself through the ABCs. Dr. James Emery White Jan 16, 2019