While no process can perfectly solve the vetting process of potential pastors, churches need to ensure that they are aiming their hiring efforts at the right elements. The real thing every church needs to be healthy is a healthy pastor as defined by his character in how they treat their family and neighbors.
How to Evaluate Potential Pastoral Staff
6 Blessings of Pastoral Friendships
God has blessed us with many resources to endure adversity in ministry. One unique and under-appreciated source of encouragement is pastoral friendships. Such friendships are not easy to cultivate, but worth the investment. Here are six ways they foster longevity in ministry and a few practical first steps to build relationships between fellow pastors.
Abortion: The Issue
As one of the most controversial and culture-changing issues of our time, abortion affects all Americans – directly or indirectly.
How to Frustrate Your Wife
This is an article about frustration. To be specific, it is about how husbands frustrate their wives. If you want to know how to treat your wife, look at Christ’s love for the church. We will see the frustration factors that can arise when contrasted with the elements of Christ’s love for us.
The Pastor’s Essential Library: Strange New World
Strange New World offers a more concise presentation and application of some of the most critical topics of our day.
Pastors, Do Not Underestimate What God Can Do through His Word
Every moment we take to speak the truth to one another is another seed cast onto the soil of that soul. It is not for us to determine where it lands but to be faithful to spread it. We have been given the task to plant, water, care for, and cultivate – but the Lord causes the growth. That truth should encourage us.
Teen Defiance? Look for Emotional Wounds
If you have been wondering, “Why is my good kid, all of a sudden, defiant?” Emotional wounds could be the underlying culprit.
Praying the Psalms as a Spiritual Discipline
George Müller, one of the most prayerful and faith-filled men in Christian history, prayed the Psalms. The Lord Jesus Christ himself and the apostles of the early church prayed the Psalms. Why not you and your church?
The Gospel: A Message of Hope for All
Who is God? Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? What am I to believe about myself and the world around me? Since the 2020 COVID-19 […]
Random Acts of Kindness Day for Families
Reframing our minds as a family to do these simple gestures will make us habitually kind. We can make random acts of kindness a way of life.