Church Leaders Update

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  5 Top Stressors Christian Leaders Face and How to Handle Them A Wall Street Journal front page reads: “Churches Struggle With Mental Health.” According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), 19.1% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2018 (47.6... Scott Ventrella Dec 19, 2023
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  5 Ways to Greet All the New Faces at Church This Christmas Hospitality is more than an open home; it is an open heart. If the church neglects to be hospitable, we miss the opportunity to welcome new people into the gift of community in which we have been involved.... Emma Danzey Dec 19, 2023
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  Why Did C.S. Lewis Say that Pride Is the Greatest Sin? According to C.S. Lewis, the essential vice is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and more pale in comparison. It was through pride that the Devil became the Devil: Pride leads to every other... Chris Bolinger Dec 19, 2023
• 13 Things Pastors Need to Do at Christmastime If I were the pastor, once again, of a church during the Christmas season, here are a few things I would do… Joe McKeever Dec 12, 2023
• 3 Suggestions for Pastor’s Wives and Women in Ministry This Holiday Season It’s mere days until Christmas, and if you’re a pastor’s wife or woman in ministry, you might just be feeling the pressure of the holiday season. You probably still have gifts to wrap, cards to fill out,... Rachel Baker Dec 12, 2023
• 3 Ways to Become a Better Leader by Following Like Joshua Joshua, also called Yehoshua in Hebrew (literally meaning “Yahweh is deliverance”), was the charismatic Old Testament leader of the Israelites who came to leadership after the death of Moses. Joshua... Deirdre Reilly Dec 12, 2023
• What Is There to Praise God about When Life Is Hard? Hard times come to everyone, but for believers, the journey through life’s dark valleys looks very different. Your ability to triumph amid adversity is going to start with your determination to “walk by... Alicia Purdy Dec 12, 2023
• 11 Critical Warning Signs You're on the Road to Burnout More than a few of you reading this know you are on the edge of the cliff we call burnout. And probably a few of you are in free fall right now. What’s so perplexing about burnout (and especially low-grade... Carey Nieuwhof Dec 05, 2023
• Is the Bible against Women Leading in Church? Why not be a celebrator of women, seeing their value and inviting them to the table? Now is not the time to limit the workers, but rather encourage them to share the Gospel. We are all part of the Body and... Brittany Rust Dec 05, 2023
• How Can I Heal after an Abusive Church Experience? With God's help, you can leave behind the painful memories of difficult church experience. Joe McKeever Dec 05, 2023
• How to Become a Man of Purpose Ultimately, what Adam and Eve’s mistake shows is that being a man of purpose does not come from what we do, it comes from the fact that we are created in the image of God. It means trusting that God’s... Cole Douglas Claybourn Dec 05, 2023
• 5 Important Prayers for the Next Generation of Believers I know you’ve said it before – or at least thought it: “I wouldn’t want to be raising children right now with the direction this world is going.” “I worry what my grandchildren will grow up believing.” “If... Cindi McMenamin Nov 28, 2023