Pastors / Leadership Archives

There are five things we should consider if we want to build resilience--in the face of the normalcy of disruption--in ourselves and others.

Here are some of the phrases commonly used to mask abuse. The first step in addressing abuse in the church is to recognize the lies abusive pastors...

Leaders in the church aren’t exempt from sin. No one is.

If a fallen pastor wants to return to ministry, we must examine his life, the fruit he is producing.

Here are seven “wrong ideas” the spiritually immature – those given to “hissy fits,” as my friend put it – have about the Lord’s work.

There has been a lot of criticism of Pastor Mike Todd from Transformation Church ever since their church’s Easter production. When they were...

We must decide: Either God calls pastors as leaders or He doesn’t. How we decide that determines a thousand things about how we will follow his...

As the church, do we worship our own emotions or God? And how are we to worship in Spirit and in Truth?

Over the last several months, a question has been rolling around in my mind. Recent events in the political arena have not quelled the question but...

The “fellowship” quotient of a church – whether the members love the Lord and one another – is one of the most telling features of a congregation,...

Here are ten suggestions on how any of us–preachers, staffers, deacons, laity–can improve our public praying.

If we want to know how to treat people like neighbors — even people very different from us — we can watch how our older brother Jesus did it. He...

Do not leave a church immediately but proceed with caution as you see if the church gets back on track, or if not, then begin to search elsewhere....

We have the ability to see and glean from Jesus’ life and his teachings from the gospel records. Jesus spoke of many things, and I want to...

As Jesus-followers, we must remember to guard against antisemitism for many reasons. Here are seven particular reasons why Christians should care...