Pastors / Leadership

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  What Are Cuddle Parties and How Should Churches Respond to This Need? What is going on that cuddle parties need to be a thing? What are we missing in our society? And is this something also missing in our churches?
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  What Does It Mean to Be on a Mission? Scripture is clear, Jesus will not return until every ear has had a chance to hear the Gospel message. Missionaries are at work every day, dedicating their lives to Jesus’ directive to “Go.”
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  7 Ways to Heal After the Church Hurt You My friend, when I think of all Jesus endured without one word of protest, I feel humbled. I have held grudges for so much less. Carolyn Dale Newell Sep 16, 2022
• Healthy, Biblical Tips for Dealing with Conflict Conflict is an inevitable part of life, whether it’s conflict in marriage, on the job, with a friend or family member. It’s so inevitable that it happens at times when you’d least expect it to. For example,... Frank Santora Sep 15, 2022
• 7 Ways the Church Is Bad at Communication – And How to Fix It As a greeter at church, I can say with absolute confidence that a certain conversation plays on rewind every Sunday. The conversation starts something like, “Hey. How are you?” “Good,” the other person...
• What Should We Know about Paul's Second Missionary Journey? Paul’s second missionary journey included seeing old friends, discipling people, preaching to a lot of new people, hearing disgruntled people balk at their message, and even witnessing miracles. And God was... Jennifer Heeren Sep 14, 2022
• Q&A with a Pastor on Church Standards, Accountability, and Being Above Reproach Just this past month, unfortunate news came to light, and to the media, about Pastor Matt Chandler, shepherd and leader of Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas. The megachurch pastor has since stepped down...
• Why Do We Have to Experience Pain? Recently, my Bible study group came face-to-face with the age-old problem: “Why do the righteous suffer?” After almost an hour of discussion, a member of our group said, “I’ve recently been reading the book... Dr. Roger Barrier Sep 13, 2022
• How Should Christians Respond to Homosexuality?  Angry comments and viral video rants hardly ever convey a truly Christian viewpoint. (Have you noticed?) Is it possible for us to have a civil discussion about what the Bible says? Alex Crain Sep 13, 2022
• Sarah Hamaker Give Us 7 Key Ways We Can Draw People Towards Church How can we draw people towards church, rather than drive them away? Sarah Hamaker gives us seven great ways to draw people towards church, as well as 3 things NOT to do. Sarah Hamaker Sep 12, 2022
• 3 Misconceptions about Spiritual Gifts A false understanding of spiritual gifts can easily lead us down faulty and dangerous spiritual paths. Thus, to ensure that we have a biblical understanding of spiritual gifts, it is important to know some...
• 3 Ways God's Priorities Need to Trump Ours We must understand that our provision is a great priority of the Lord. Here are three ways we need to let go and let God’s priorities take precedence over our own priorities. Chad Napier Sep 07, 2022