Making Room for Loss and Grief In Life and Ministry, with Leanne Friesen (Ep 112) - KarlVaters.com
“If you are supporting a grieving friend, one of the greatest gifts you can give is the room to talk about it.”| KarlVaters.com
"When the church becomes a place of toxic positivity, it may grow fast, but it becomes spiritually fragile." The post What I Found on the Other Side of Church Growth, with Paul Dazet (Ep 113) appeared first on KarlVaters.com.| KarlVaters.com
The church growth movement is winding down. It’s time to ask some tough, but fair and necessary questions. The post Why So Much Pushback Against Church Growth? appeared first on KarlVaters.com.| KarlVaters.com
"It’s too easy to analyze without taking the steps to make the necessary changes." The post Camping Out On The Path To Church Revitalization appeared first on KarlVaters.com.| KarlVaters.com
No church should be so reliant on one person that it’s at risk of collapse when that person leaves. Even if that person is the pastor. The post It’s Time For A Church Transition: Should The Pastor Leave? Hand Off? Or Reboot? appeared first on KarlVaters.com.| KarlVaters.com
“If you are supporting a grieving friend, one of the greatest gifts you can give is the room to talk about it.”| KarlVaters.com
Our obsession with numerical growth may be the unseen culprit behind a lot of burnt out pastors and unhealthy churches. The post Pastoring Shouldn’t Be this Hard (And How to Make It Easier) appeared first on KarlVaters.com.| KarlVaters.com
"Maybe small is where Jesus still shows up, unnoticed by the crowd, but fully present to the few who see Him in every little thing." The post More Than Numbers appeared first on KarlVaters.com.| KarlVaters.com
No one should use AI to write a sermon. But, research? Now we have something to talk about.| KarlVaters.com
God calls his servants to difficult ministries where hearts remain hardened and fruit seems scarce.| DashHouse.com
Working with dozens of denominations I've had the chance to see the positives and negatives play out in real time.| KarlVaters.com
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
“In pursuing bivocational ministry, the whole church is being called to re-think who they are and how they operate."| KarlVaters.com
"No failure has ever stopped God from bringing resurrection life. God will keep bringing resurrection life to the church today too."| KarlVaters.com
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
Pastoral ministry can be hazardous to our spiritual health. But it doesn’t need to be.| KarlVaters.com
Discipleship doesn't happen by mistake. There must be a plan with clearly-defined goals. But every church can do it well.| KarlVaters.com
"How do we take the message of the resurrection seriously when the things we put our time, effort, and energy into don’t pan out?"| KarlVaters.com
Before we use metrics to determine ministry success, we need to know what the numbers measure and what they miss.| KarlVaters.com
"How do we take the message of the resurrection seriously when the things we put our time, effort, and energy into don’t pan out?"| KarlVaters.com
While knowledge of the truth is very important, it is possible to put so much emphasis on the letter of it that the application is forgotten. Paul reminds us that knowledge alone just puffs a person up, while knowledge according to love actually builds up. So here is a thought for pastors, especial| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
While on sabbatical, I visited four different churches. The experience taught me how much certain aspects of a Sunday gathering really matter.| Jonathan M. Threlfall
We’re impressed with bigness, but I believe that small is vastly underrated.| DashHouse.com
Too many people hold pastor’s kids to a standard not even God holds them to.| KarlVaters.com
