When Addiction Is a Good Thing

If you know my wife, you know how much she loves coffee. To her, it’s a non-negotiable. She has to have three cups every...

8 Tried and True Practices to Lead Up Well

eading from the middle of the pack is an art form of its own, especially when you need to lead up. It requires maturity,...

Pastor Devotional | Let Rage Be a Trigger to Release

This next installment of our devotional series by church leaders, for church leaders, comes from Andrew Tate, Lead Pastor of Friendship Church. He walks us...

12 Disruptive Church Trends That Will Rule 2022 (and the Post-pandemic Era)

Having been through two excruciating years as a church leader, what can you expect in 2022? As you can see by the sheer number of...

4 Bold and Courageous Prayers for 2022

Leadership is our great responsibility; prayer is our great priority. The relationship between leadership and prayer is unmistakable. Leadership initiates practical change; prayer brings power for...

What Are You Hoping for In 2022?

Over the last couple of years, the question, What are we hoping for? has been an important one to chew on. We each have a multiplicity...

6 Things That Need to Change In 2022

Whether you’re someone who makes resolutions every year and sticks to them, someone who makes resolutions and forgets them by February, or someone who...

Seven Church Practices We Will Be Following In 2022

I recently shared my annual trends report for churches as we head into 2022. In this article, I look at seven church practices that...

The Eradication of Systemic Poverty (part 2)

Last year, we gave you the first part of the essay that I wrote on “The Eradication of Systemic Poverty”.  After much delay, here...

Beginning a New Year with Gratitude

Like a marathon, pastoral work can be strenuous and exhausting—such that Paul described it as being “in the anguish of childbirth” until Christ is...
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The Chrino: Christian In Name Only

Nearly seven out of ten (69%, Cultural Research Center) of American adults self-identify as a Christian. With an adult population (18 years and older)...

5 Tips for Leading Effective Meetings

What do you think of when you think of a business meeting? Is it a time to be productive? Or is it a time...

Sometimes We Lead; Sometimes We Follow.

That the leaders led in Israel, and that the people volunteered, O bless the Lord.  (Judges 5:2) No one is a leader all the time...