Pastoral Leadership

How to Support Your Pastor in Prayer

How to Support Your Pastor in Prayer One of the most important people in the Christian believer’s spiritual journey is the pastor. Pastors play a significant role in helping us grow in faith, guiding us toward righteous living, and keeping us accountable for our Christian walk. Intercessory prayer is not merely a religious routine or

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How to Become Your Church’s Leader

How to Become Your Church’s Leader Sergeant Ernie Savage embodied the qualities that pastors need to become leaders in their churches. A scene from the film We Were Soldiers shows Savage, portrayed by Ryan Hurst, looking after his platoon during a taxing training exercise. When the company stops to rest, Savage moves quietly through his

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Sad Truth: Pastors Are More Discouraged Than Ever

Sad Truth: Pastors Are More Discouraged Than Ever I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges and struggles that pastors face on a daily basis. Never before have I seen such an epidemic of discouraged pastors. It’s sweeping across the country, hurting pastors of all denominations and backgrounds. But why? Increasing Demands, Decreasing Support In today’s fast-paced and

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Changing your church’s culture

As a young pastor, the church I was pastoring was growing by leaps and bounds. Our small building was running out of space and so I had a great idea. Let’s move the 15 year Sunday School class out of their room to make more room for our expanding kids’ ministry. I presented it; it

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The First Priority of Church Leadership

The First Priority of Church Leadership John was more discouraged than ever after the Board meeting. It was another fatigued litany of excuses why they hadn’t fulfilled their commitments—again. Alone in the car, he wondered aloud, “Why am I failing to shake them out of their slumber? I have no idea how to motivate them

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Why leading change benefits you personally

What if the Lord were to reveal to you that in 10 years, your life and your ministry would be the same as it is now? Driving the same car, sitting in the same office, singing the same worship songs, preaching the same style of sermons, dealing with the same problems and problem people, attending

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Look for church leaders at the dinner table, not the conference table.

All across America, thousands of pastors will make a grave mistake in the next few months. They will make a serious misstep in identifying people for church leadership positions. Pastors of larger churches will have many potential candidates, so they’ll narrow the field to those who’ve had management experience in business or enjoyed success at

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