If there are internal conflicts within your worshipping community, will others want to worship at your church? Pastor Andreá Cummings invites us to consider the importance of internal spiritual health that is required for there to be any hope of numerical or missional outreach vitality. She suggests three possibilities for church leaders to consider if [...] The post Congregational Vitality Begins with An Inward Journey first appeared on Lewis Center for Church Leadership. The post Congregat...| Lewis Center for Church Leadership
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In today’s polarized climate, church leaders can navigate political tensions by preaching principles, not politics. David R. Brubaker says leaders should share personal convictions with humility and clarity, focusing on values like caring for the marginalized, nonviolence, and stewardship of the earth. In the most unorthodox political season since I started paying attention to politics [...] The post Preaching Our Principles—Not Our Politics first appeared on Lewis Center for Church L...| Lewis Center for Church Leadership
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It's a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
Satan wants pastors to be passive in pursuing their wives. The devil hates it when pastors relentlessly ignore the siren call of passivity and laziness and chase their wive’s hearts. So think of fi…| He Must Become Greater
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It's a Superfriends Saturday on the Heidelcast! Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
If you are not convinced yet that you should go on a couples retreat, ask your wife what she thinks about going. It may be a way to bring back some unity in ministry together rather than you going …| He Must Become Greater
No matter what the challenges are in your church right now, remember what Jesus told that father: “All things are possible for one who believes.” (Mark 9:23). In prayer, we believe and ask God to h…| He Must Become Greater
During the TGC National Conference this past April, I was part of a panel discussion with Alistair Begg, Gavin Ortlund, and Jen Wilkin on the topic of “How to Have Healthy Disagreements within Your Church.” The panel was hosted by Carl Laferton of the Good Book Company. I have to say that I can’t imagine […]| Canon Fodder
Starting a new ministry is both exciting and challenging. As you enter a fresh ministry context, you'll encounter unique dynamics within your congregation, whether you're breaking new ground as the first woman or person of color or joining a congregation facing its struggles. Andreá Cummings provides steps to take within the first ninety days to| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
The lovable Disney film Moana, tells the story of a young girl who lives on a Polynesian island and is the daughter of the chief. Like many fathers, the chief is overly protective of his daughter, and also of the people he rules. As a result, the people of Moana’s village are in a bit […]| Canon Fodder
For most traditions, the disproportionate aging of clergy is a crucial challenge. Lovett H. Weems Jr. highlights some of the findings in the National Congregations Study and names some of the challenges facing denominations today. The Religious Workforce Project of the Lewis Center is a multiyear effort to understand the changing religious landscape in the 21st century. Funded| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
Effective church leadership involves navigating the politics of ministry beyond practical skills. Doug Powe and Jessica Anschutz emphasize that leaders must learn to read between the lines, listen carefully to what is said and unsaid, observe body language and emotions, understand relationships, and identify power players. Mastering these skills helps leaders handle complex church dynamics| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
How can we lead in times of disaster? As we remember 9/11, Terry Bradfield, a retired Army chaplain who was assigned to the Pentagon on that fateful day, joins Lewis Center Director Doug Powe for a conversation about leading faithfully during a disaster. He reminds church leaders to check their doctrine at the door, focus| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
We’re impressed with bigness, but I believe that small is vastly underrated.| DashHouse.com
What is the state of clergy health and wellbeing coming out of the pandemic? What factors and practices influence the emotional wellbeing of clergy? Allison Norton describes new research that reveals growing discontentment even though clergy health and wellbeing tends to be better than that of the general public. Ann Michel: Before we get into| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
A sustained decline in worship attendance is afflicting most American congregations. Drawing on findings from the Lewis Center’s Religious Workforce Project, Lovett H. Weems Jr. outlines ways congregations can respond to declining attendance and how the trend impacts the deployment of clergy and other congregational leaders. The Religious Workforce Project of the Lewis Center is| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
Sidney Williams writes that a top priority for a new pastor needs to be listening to the stories of congregants to discern needs, learn who the leaders are, and build community. The importance of spending time listening, sharing, laughing, and crying together cannot be overstated. This article was originally published on June 10, 2020. The| Lewis Center for Church Leadership - Advancing the knowledge and practice of ...
When Christianity is no longer assumed to be good, we are all apologists. The 2nd-century apologist Aristides equips us do apologetics better.| Timothy Paul Jones
A language that you don’t use is a language you’ll lose—which is why so many pastors who labored so hard over Greek vocabulary and verb paradigms in seminary end up losing most of what they learned. The only way to maintain your knowledge of another language is to use that language regularly. And so, my […] The post A New Plan for Reading through the Greek New Testament in 2023 appeared first on Timothy Paul Jones.| Timothy Paul Jones
It's the end of apologetics! That's what a recent book by Myron Bradley Penner claims, which is big if true.| Timothy Paul Jones
What if every single copy of the Bible went fluttering away, never to be seen again? If that happened, surely all of our knowledge about Jesus would be gone as well, right? Not so fast, says cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace.| Timothy Paul Jones
Jacob Boss is Affinity Leader for European Peoples with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Prior to his current role in London, he served two years as the Vice President of Global Training for Meridian University. At Meridian, he implemented a series of simple and reproducible tools that have helped to develop […] The post Urban Ministry Podcast: Sharing the Gospel in London and Beyond appeared first on Timothy Paul Jones.| Timothy Paul Jones
Michael Crane serves as a director of Radius Global Cities Network, a think tank for urban missions research. Passionate about church planting, he helped to launch a church planting network in Southeast Asia called Gospel City Network. Michael also serves on the faculty of two graduate schools. He has authored or co-authored several books, including […]| Timothy Paul Jones
Pastors in the past weren’t afraid to preach for conversions. Should we be preaching for conversions today?| Timothy Paul Jones
James Fields has spent the past two years in a church revitalization; he joins Timothy on the Urban Ministry Podcast to talk about it.| Timothy Paul Jones
Brian Davis serves as a pastor at Risen Christ Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed a church planting internship at Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina as well as a pastoral internship at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Brian joins Timothy to discuss the distinct dynamics of planting a church in the […]| Timothy Paul Jones
What’s unique about being a pastor’s wife? Amber Williams and Karen Cheong share wisdom from their years of experience in the church.| Timothy Paul Jones
Christian Men Who Hate Women: Healing Hurting Relationships by Margaret J. Rinck My rating: 3 of 5 stars This needs to read and understood in the circles I tend to run in. We rightly stress the nee…| Studium et Liturgica
