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.
Hospitality is often left up to the ladies of the church, and we lean on them to provide it. But hospitality is first the job of the Pastor.
Ken Sande provides practical biblical guidance for conflict resolution that takes you to life-changing reconciliation with others.
Brother, don’t let the ministry keep you from Jesus. Spiritual discipline as a means to godliness will help you maintain perseverance and joy in ministry and keep you in Jesus.
The Christian must learn, in life and ministry, how to patiently respond to hurt and heartache.
Church leaders can speak the truth in love about pornography and offer hope for repentance and restoration.
Thanksgiving opens our hearts and minds to God and causes us to discover that the world is full of the goodness of God.
This book will help you slow down, prepare your heart, and focus on what matters most this Christmas: adoring our Savior, Jesus.
Desiring God is a paradigm-shattering work that dramatically alters common perspectives on relating to God. According to John Piper, the pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible, it’s essential.
Knowing your wife in an understanding way will equip you to honor your wife as the Word of God commands and to love and lead her well.
Stetzer reminds us that we can demonstrate a more excellent sexuality as a missional embodiment of what Jesus desires for all of humankind.
A new documentary film presented by
Truth Rising exposes the cultural crisis we face and the bold faith it takes to confront it. Watch the film, then go deeper with a study on Hope, Truth, Identity, and Calling. You were created for this moment.
Choose to see. Choose to believe. Choose to act.
