Several years ago, I stumbled while walking down the steps from my office on the second floor of my house. I was looking down and reading a paper I was holding. My feet got tangled, and I fell down the last seven steps.
Professors get sabbaticals. Some pastors are granted sabbaticals or study leaves. Why not also allow them for churches?
Is it better for a church to be strong or soaring? Both are churches of great value to God. They approach the fulfillment of their mission and vision in unique ways…
At a gathering of pastors, the discussion turned to the leadership pipeline crisis. Specifically mentioned was the crisis of finding church staff but also the lack of church planters for new congregations or multisite campuses.
“Being a soaring church is an elusive identity. Far fewer churches are truly soaring with faith than the number that claim to be. It takes sustaining missional engagement to be a soaring church.”
Is your church ‘quiet quitting’ your Baptist association?
“If you cannot serve all congregations, you give up your right to serve any congregation.” This was a wise word of advice from my best
What do you call the parable in Luke 15:11–32? The Prodigal Son? The Elder Son? The Lost Sons? The Loving Father? Depending on your perspective
The Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting is over for another year. The post-convention discussions are subsiding. We can resume fulfilling the Great Commission in the
There was a creak, then the sound of something cracking, then people running, and finally a crash. It was April 7 at the 2023 Masters
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