Pastor, Your Audience Is Always Changing

Al Maury pulled the old beat-up Volkswagen bus into the bank parking lot on Decatur Street and killed the engine.  As the six seminary students...

4 Ways to Be an Emotionally Supportive Leader

Your team desires a leader who goes beyond the expectations of a leader. They want someone who cares, seeks the emotional well-being of their...

The Future of Preaching

Written by: Adam Sinnett  Adam Sinnett is the lead pastor of Downtown Cornerstone Church in Seattle, Washington. This following content was originally published on Acts 29’s website,...

More on the Graying of the Church: Find Ways for Your Congregation to Become...

Our team member, Ryan Burge, wrote a fascinating article about which denominations are graying the most. You can see his article in our premier...

Sabbaths and Study Blocks: Essentials for Pastors – by Jim Graff

I wasn't mentored by people who took a sabbath. Actually, one of my mentors died early. One of the things he said before his...

A Surprising First Step, Pastors, Toward Strengthening Your Evangelism

Over more than forty years of ministry, I’ve learned that not many Christians share their faith on a regular basis. In fact, I know...

3 “new” Post-easter Opportunities

As church leaders, we need to be careful not to let up or be let down after Easter. These two post-Easter responses are very common. “Let’s take a break.”The work to...

The Young Pastor Is Not yet Ready to Lead a Bigger Church. Here’s Why.

“We do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:5). For good reason the Lord...

The Moribund Church

We’ve done extensive research and provided a number of resources on churches that have died. The reason we’ve conducted these “autopsies” on deceased churches...

How to Create a Culture of Accountability In Your Organization

An organization without accountability is an organization with chaos. We’ve all seen it with an unruly child. The parent doesn’t hold the child accountable...
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5 Ways to Minimize Decision Fatigue

Decision fatigue is a term that describes how a long series of decisions can actually diminish the overall quality of future decisions. Many leaders have unwittingly diminished their...

When Leading Means Disappointing People (and Other Fear of Man Issues)

Leading is an intricate dance between love and discomfort. It’s the constant wondering of what people think, the unspoken desire to please those we...

How to Be a Grateful and Appreciative Leader

As a team member, feeling appreciated beyond the paycheck is important. You put a lot of effort into fulfilling your job requirements, finding things...