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Kenny Stier photo – Unsplash By Kyle Bueermann As a pastor, you will inevitably and regularly encounter death. You’ll sit with church members as they take their final breath. You’ll enter hospital rooms minutes after a loved one has passed.  Often, you’ll find out about a death even before the extended family or the funeral … Continue reading “3 Tips for Dealing With Death in Your Ministry”

cmon photography – Pexels By Aaron Earls While issues like religious liberty and celebrity pastors garner significant headlines and social media discussion, they rank toward the bottom of the issues pastors say are major concerns facing the Christian church in the U.S. today. For almost three-quarters of American pastors (72%), watered down gospel teaching is … Continue reading “Surprising Concerns Pastors See the U.S. Church Facing”

Juha Lakaniemi photo – Unsplash By Aaron Wilson From theology to accountability, church small groups can cover some heavy topics—causing some members to be slow to open up. But sometimes all it takes is a little nudge to get a group talking. Here are 75 fun icebreaker questions along with multiple choice answers to warm … Continue reading “75 Icebreaker Questions for Church Small Groups”

By Mark Dance I left a meeting on the far south side of Nashville with barely enough time to make another meeting on the opposite side of town.  My phone rang just as I pulled onto the interstate, and, before I realized it, I drove 30 minutes in the wrong direction!  Repentance is ultimately a … Continue reading “3 Reasons Repentance Can Be Painful for Pastors”

Matthew T Rader photo – Unsplash By Josh King Sometimes what we focus on as a church has unintended consequences, like making groups of people feel unwanted. Church work is largely built around the nuclear family—a mom, a dad, and a few kids. This is why the emphasis is often placed on the children’s ministry. … Continue reading “6 People at Risk of Leaving Your Church”

Na Urchin photo – Pexels By Daryl Crouch Who said, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt?” Some people say Mark Twain, while others attribute the saying to Abraham Lincoln. Still others contend it was someone else. Ironically, we really don’t know who said it … Continue reading “Why the Quietest People in Your Ministry Could Be the Most Influential”

John-Mark Smith photo – Pexels By John Piper Editor’s note: As we step into the study of Scripture week after week, we’re eventually going to step right into a difficult text. It might be tempting to skip over those texts. Instead, here are four reasons John Piper provides for preaching hard texts in his book, … Continue reading “4 Reasons Why We Should Preach Hard Texts”

Grant Whitty photo – Unsplash By Rachel Sinclair Until last year, I had never participated in Lent. The church where I grew up hadn’t placed an emphasis on the season, and while I was aware of the concept, I brushed past Lent by saying, “I don’t really do that.” My mindset changed when I felt … Continue reading “5 Ways Lent Participation Deepened My Faith”

Daniel Tseng photo – Unsplash As part of their State of the Church 2020, Barna calls out five statistical trends that are vital for church leaders to recognize moving into the future. The report primarily explored two different categories of adults who have relatively recent experience in a Christian church. Churched adults – Those Americans … Continue reading “5 Trends Redefining the Relationship Between Americans and the Church”

Jacek Dylag photo – Unsplash By Luke Holmes A.G. Washburn was already 62 years old in 1907 when he became the “Superintendent of Indian Missions” for the brand new state convention of Oklahoma. In his 1908 report to the state convention, he reported traveling 9,003 miles, preaching 99 sermons and 81 other addresses, and visiting … Continue reading “The Most Important Aspect of Your Ministry”