As pastors, we cannot escape conflict, and we shouldn’t avoid it, but we can find healthy, effective ways to lean into conflict.
Church Leadership
When church leadership is healthier and more balanced, it will be more healthy for the pastors and particularly their families.
Being known by selecting two or three people who aim to build trust with you through asking specific questions is a way for a community to love their pastor, as well as a way for a pastor to love his community.
As pastors, we must examine our heart’s motivations to examine ourselves and ensure that we are not drifting toward danger.
Adoption won’t always move in a straight line, but it’s an outreach of immense importance and one that rests at the heart of the Gospel.
Lives grind to a halt when people don’t know how to relate to their past. Stephen Viars introduces a third way to view one’s personal history—by exploring the role of the past as God intended.
The church needs to help Christians understand the beauty and power of sex that is so compelling that we would never be satisfied by porn.
The pastorate is no easy job, but those who have faithfully followed the call of God into church ministry can be encouraged in several says.
Whatever challenges you are facing, whatever questions you are holding, whatever brutality you are grappling with on this fallen planet at this moment, know that you are seen, known, understood, and deeply beloved by God.
Answered prayer creates faith, which in turn encourages more prayer.
It is also often said that we should shun discussions about religion and politics, since they are often contentious. Yet silence would exclude too many matters that concern both the church and the state.
Brother pastor, whole-heartedly give yourself to the promotion of the glory of God in all aspects of your ministry. The promotion of God’s glory is correlated to your enjoyment of Him in the process. You and your people need both.
Learning to be a shepherd demands that, out of love for the flock, I put to death my natural heart propensities.
“The pastor’s primary task is to be a praying pastor who facilitates a praying church.”
This book offers pastors examples of long-term faithfulness in ministry and practical wisdom from veteran pastors for real-life issues.
This book encourages readers who grapple with feelings of failure and leads them to a deeper, fuller understanding of success in Christian ministry.
Suffering puts Christ on display in ways that comfortable living cannot. Enduring pain in ministry makes Jesus shine brighter, which brings more hope to those I serve.
The following is an excerpt from “A Praying Church,” by Paul Miller, published by Modern Reformation. In it, Miller addresses the problem of prayerlessness, particularly in church leadership. This excerpt is part 1 of a four-part series in which Miller will address the importance of a praying church.
Pastors must not live for the approval and appreciation of their congregations. Whatever your congregation lacks in appreciation of you now will be more than made up for when you receive the Lord’s commendation.
For those who desire a church that sings well, the following suggestions are worth serious consideration.
