Church revitalization is all the buzz in evangelical church life these days. Mark Clifton says a healthy or revitalized church is “one that has a reputation for making disciples who make disciples and whose community is noticeably better because of the existence of the church.”
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Your pastor needs your prayers. I’ve taken a prayer from The Valley of Vision and edited it so that it
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“Lord, please give me the courage to stay here as long as you’d have me stay.” I began praying that
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The common wisdom is that the tenure for most pastors following a building campaign is eighteen months. For that reason,
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Everyone is a theologian, but not everyone is a good theologian. Theology is the study of and understanding of God.
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Many of you who are reading this just came back from the Southern Baptist Convention where you rubbed shoulders with
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Pastors are people of the Book and people of many books. It is unavoidable. But what of these books of
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Burnout is a dangerous ditch along the path of pastoral ministry; it should be avoided at all costs. Entire books
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I preach 30-40 minutes every Sunday. I spend large swaths of my week preparing sermons that require mental focus for
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The most important task of any pastor is to clearly and carefully communicate the Word of God with his people
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Seventeen years. That is how long I’ve served in vocational church ministry. That number caught me a bit by surprise
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We are saturated with a lack of critical thinking in our culture. The lack of critical thinking and engagement leads
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