Cool. Calm. Collected. Unemotional. For the longest time, seminaries have tried to churn out pastors who embody those words. The assumption is that if we can simply preach the Bible as it is, exegete a text, people will change. This is all that is required to lead a...
You have an unprecedented opportunity to let 2020 be the most pivotal year for positive change your church has ever seen. The Internet is filled with memes that joke about how 2020 is one long disaster story. In many ways it’s true. We started the year with an...
All of us want to be known and loved. The COVID-19 crisis has exposed humanity’s deep need for relational connection. Now more than ever, your church’s success will be defined by the depth of the relationships you can build–not by the quality of your...
The Global Church is in uncharted waters. True, past generations have encountered hardship. But the COVID-19 pandemic is the first truly global health crisis of this century. Every church leader is experiencing something brand-new, and it is natural for it to feel a...
When you hear the word “culture,” do you first think of the world or your church? Most church leaders would probably think of the world first since that’s what we hear about most often across various forms of media. Terms like “culture shift,” “culture...
