Pastoring is a hard job. There are unique challenges that come both personally and professionally. The Focused Pastor exists to come alongside pastors, their families, and the church with resources to encourage and equip them personally and to do their ministry more effectively. With biblically based content that is informed by pastoral research, we create resources that address these unique topics. The Focused Pastor seeks to encourage pastors and church leaders to be spiritually healthy and effective in their homes and in their roles.
When you are anxious about the evaluation of your ministry, rest in the truth that the Lord knows your heart and that the Spirit quietly commends your ministry through the changed lives of those who receive the gospel that you faithfully proclaim.
As you shepherd your church, do not forget to also shepherd your family. Don’t sacrifice your family on the altar of ministry.
Beyond Advent and Sunday worship and rest, pastors can lead congregations into a sense of sacred time by marking the seasons and events.
Jesus is the reason we gather every single Sunday. Let us honor the incarnation through worship especially on Christmas Sunday.
Tony Merida talks about conflict resolution and becoming someone who can make the peace and experience transformation in our relationships.
There is nothing that we can do to redeem ourselves but only Jesus can redeem us from sin and the punishment of death which we deserve.
In your anxiety, turn to God, remember his faithfulness, cast your anxiety on him, thank him for his love, and find rest for your soul.
Culture’s increasing disapproval and hostility toward gospel proclamation has Christians reconsidering evangelism’s correctness.
Preacher, you bear a great responsibility. As you prepare your Christmas sermon, highlight the sufficiency of Christ to rescue sinners through the Scriptures.
As we give thanks to God, we will begin to see how God uses our unmet expectations to bring Him glory and bring us joy.
In theology, just as in battle, some hills are worth dying on and others are not. But how do we know which ones?
