3 Reasons You Need a Full-time Children’s Pastor

While many aspects of church ministry have stayed consistent, the current trends in church ministry have shifted since my childhood, and there is now...

Top Compensation Factors to Consider When Setting Church Salaries

Compensation is a contention point for every organization, but this is especially the case for churches. As a small church, it’s hard to know...

Love Slows Down—how to Keep Anxiety and Anger from Ruining Life’s Relationships | Joel...

What we’re experiencing during the pandemic is familiar territory to disaster guru Kent Annan. Discover where we’ve been, and more important where we’re headed...

Rise Above During the Pandemic | the Joycast | Kent Annan

What we’re experiencing during the pandemic is familiar territory to disaster guru Kent Annan. Discover where we’ve been, and more important where we’re headed...

The Most Dangerous Prayer You’ll Ever Pray | the Joycast | Jack Deere

What would happen if you prayed, “Holy Spirit, I want ALL of you”? Jack was a professor at Dallas Seminar who realized that some...

We Won’t Return to Our Old Normal – and It’s Okay

During this crazy COVID season, churches have learned how to engage with churchgoers online through Facebook, Zoom, Youtube, you name it. Some churches already had that...

8 Questions All Pastors Should Be Able to Answer About the Paycheck Protection Program...

As a church leader who took the CARES Act PPP loan, you’re likely receiving questions from your congregation about the details and implications. What...

Experiencing High Levels of Marital Satisfaction for Cooped Up Couples | the Joycast |...

Tight quarters combined with quarantine are placing new pressures on marriages. Not only are we together more hours a day, but we’re also with...

Ten Models of Post-pastorate Professions

Has there ever been a time when we have questioned the status quo more than during COVID-19? It seems like every assumption we’ve made...

Avoiding the 5 Common Pitfalls of Hiring Internal Candidates

One of the more common conversations we have with churches is about how they should deal with an internal candidate. Sometimes it’s a potential...
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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...

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...

5 Great Ways to Grow Your Leadership

In order to grow stronger churches, we need to become better leaders. It’s a continual process and we never arrive. How are you growing...