Churches can help those facing divorce put the pieces back together. By providing a space for healing and restoration, churches can curb the rising tide of issues like pornography use, infidelity, and marital distress.
Church Leadership
Young leaders today need overseers who can guide them well through the culture surrounding the local church today. Leaders need to be wise about how and when they give the reigns of leadership over to younger leaders. Brittany Rust shares some wisdom through the years she spent in ministry leadership.
Faith is under attack in today’s culture. Whether from outside the walls of the church or from inside, people have questions about life, morality, and meaning. The Bible provides these answers. We can begin to see the tides of culture change with simple everyday conversations.
The culture we live in is causing our youth to question everything they’ve been taught. We must be prepared to face the tough questions they wrestle with as they seek to become biblical citizens in the midst of a rapidly shifting culture.
Treating Christ crucified as the decisive ground, and Christ glorified as the final goal, of every good offered to us in the Old Testament is not an encouragement to preach speculative types and shadows from grapes and twigs. It rests on solid, clear, biblical considerations relating to all Old Testament Scripture.
Serving the community alongside other churches can be a rewarding experience. How do pastors and church leaders do this well?
The Bible tells us that in order for someone to believe in Jesus they must first hear about Him. Before that happens, someone must be sent with the good news. What happens when those who are sent preach the gospel? Hearts are transformed and minds are persuaded that the good news of Jesus Christ is …
Michael Todd Wilson understands these challenges and provides honest, grace-filled counsel drawn from years of experience helping men pursue greater sexual integrity. He uncovers the everyday tendencies that keep us from overcoming our personal obstacles and provides fresh ideas to live in the light.
The small local church faces some challenges as it heads into a new year. Pastor and Author Karl Vaters helps pastors and church leaders think through the biggest needs, blessings, and opportunities it faces as we consider another year of ministry.
Money issues consistently ranks at the top of all relational strife. Pastor Tommy Brown has developed a lens by which we can see how various personalities in the Bible fit with the way we steward our own finances.
Because of the widespread availability of sex, the value placed on it by the culture has gone down significantly. Can this be reversed?
Pastoral ministry comes with some pitfalls we may not always be aware of. What happens when we’re thrust onto a platform we’re not ready to take on? Pastor Jamaal Williams teaches us to make our whole life about making Christ famous, not ourselves.
