Leadership
How One South African Pastor Prayed Yesterday
By Tim Cantrell | 08.27.2014Lord, teach us what you would have us to learn from Mandela’s death.
Eldering, Economics, and Calling to Ministry
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.27.2014If you say you’re called to ministry, I don’t immediately know what you mean, or if what you mean is biblical.
Reframing “Calling”: Words to Churches and Aspiring Pastors
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.27.2014Raising up pastors is the church’s work—the whole church.
The Double Presumption of Calling to Ministry
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.26.2014What does it mean to say that you’re “called” to pastoral ministry?
Ten Steps to a More Fruitful Sabbatical
By Brian Croft | 08.26.2014If you are planning for an upcoming sabbatical, I hope this begins a helpful conversation about what would be the best ways for you to benefit from this gift.
A Tale of Two Pastoral Transitions
By Bob Johnson | 08.26.2014The truth is, we are keeping the pulpit straight and true for the next guy.
How Our Elders and Deacons Work Together
By Mike Lumpkin | 08.26.2014We have found that this model of shepherding groups gives us the best chance of fulfilling the responsibilities and relationships necessary to the offices of deacon and elder in member care.
Questions for a Potential Pastor’s Wife
By Bob Johnson | 08.22.2014There is no office of “pastor’s wife” in the Bible. But practically, being married to a pastor is a tough role. Does your wife have what it takes?
Shepherding a Church through the Loss of a Shepherd
By Bob Johnson | 08.22.2014He was a pastor who needed a pastor, a brother who needed a brother.
Leading the Church While Leading your Family
By Bob Johnson | 08.22.2014Can we really be effective pastors and good husbands and dads? Do we really have to choose between the church and our family?
Is the Future of Church Planting Bi-Vocational?
By J. D. Greear, M. McDaniel | 08.22.2014So is bi-vocational “the future” of planting? The answer is yes, and no.
Churches Raising up Pastors in Sydney, Australia
By B. Jamieson, J. Smuts | 08.22.2014I hope that many pastors will be encouraged, challenged, and equipped for similar work in training leaders through John’s experience.
Should Elders Ever Walk Away?
By J. Rinne, J. Leeman, M. McKinley | 08.22.2014In a pastoral counseling or shepherding situation, when do you say, “I have nothing else to give,” and move on?
Is There an Office for Pastors’ Wives?
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.22.2014Shouldn’t the pastor’s wife seek to love and serve the church as occasion permits and as gifts allow? Yes, but only because she is a Christian, not because she is an elder’s wife.
“Is There a Holy Spirit?”
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014You could put it like this: if there were no Holy Spirit, would your ministry work just as well?
