A Covocational Attitude
“Schools and seminaries should teach ministerial students a covocational attitude as preparation for real-life ministry.”
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Church Turnarounds And The Rewards Of Longevity
Church turnarounds are more about the direction you’re heading than the speed you’re going.
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What Will I Preach This Sunday? 6 Tools for Overcoming Preacher’s Block
How to prepare better, preach stronger, and have a greater impact on the people God has called you to bless.
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Why Telling Your Disciple-Making Story Is Essential To Your Church
You don’t need to have all the answers, but you do need to share the stories. Because stories plant seeds.
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I Ran a Successful Business, Why Can’t I Run a Successful Church?
Successful businesses and successful churches have some similarities. But they have far more differences.
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Apollo 13, Crisis Management, And The First Rule Of Church Leadership (Video)
Small churches may not have all the resources we wish we had, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do great ministry.
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Want Quality Over Quantity? Here Are Four Questions Every Ministry Must Ask
Ministries must resist the temptation of shortcuts and superficiality. We must ask ourselves: What are we compromising for the sake of growth?
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27 Benefits Of Putting An Expiration Date On New Ministries
Here’s a great way to open your church up to innovative new ideas by minimizing the risk – or at least the sting – of failure.
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Three Undeniable Realities of Pastoral Ministry (Video)
Virtually all pastors will pastor a small church for at least some time in our ministry So let’s figure out how to do it well.
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Shouldn’t Every Church Try To Grow? (The Quick Answer Is “No”)
Nowhere did Jesus, Paul, or any of the disciples even hint that striving for greater numbers should be a goal of Jesus’ followers.
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