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The Pastor’s Health
WEBHere are two important warnings I believe pastors should consider: First, focus on all aspects of your health. I want you to picture a square table. As long as all four legs are the same length and strength, you can put a considerable amount of weight on any corner, and the table will stand strong. But if one of the legs is half the length of
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WEBThrough the Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership, we offer assistance, resources, and training to our students, as well as to pastors and churches, to further equip them to serve well in the crucible of real-life ministry. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
Pastor’s Wife: Check Your Mental Temperature
WEBGod created us with a personality, intelligence, creativity, and drive. In Psalms 139:14, David reminds us how we are “fearfully and wonderfully made…”. Memorize and repeat this passage when the enemy repeatedly brings your faults and failures to the forefront. Times are tough and society can be toxic.
Pastors’ Wives: The Church is Not Your Rival
WEBWhen speaking to the Ephesian elders, Paul says in Acts 20:28, “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.”. The church is that which Christ obtained with His own blood. In addition, if your husband is a
Pastoral Ministry and Persons with Disabilities
WEB1. Reaffirm the imago Dei. If churches are going to lovingly minister to people with disabilities, they must have a robust understanding of the image of God. A deficient understanding of image-bearers too easily opens the door for deficient treatment of image-bearers. By reaffirming the image of God through preaching and discipleship, …
3 Areas of Life Pastors Must Pay Careful Attention To
WEB3. Health. Picture your health as a table with four legs representing four aspects of your total health: physical, emotional/mental, social, and spiritual. If even one of your legs is too short or compromised, your table is unbalanced and more likely to fall.
Counseling Church Members During Crisis
WEBCrises bring fear, pain, hurt, hopelessness, loneliness, and a host of other emotions and thoughts. The loving pastor will enter into the circumstance and acknowledge the crisis. Acknowledgment requires listening to the member. One of the primary goals a pastor should have when counseling members is to truly listen to their story.
Articles – Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership
WEBRecommended Resource – “40 Questions About The Great Commission”. 40 Questions About The Great Commission by Daniel L. Akin, Benjamin L. Merkle, and George G. Robinson “The […] Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership.
Grief: The Silent Dilemma
WEBFor those called into the ministry, we have been given an amazing opportunity to love God’s people and encourage them towards growth. However, we are also on our own spiritual journey and must be open and honest about our own spiritual health. The COVID-19 pandemic has steered all of us into uncharted territory.
Pastoral Lessons from John Bunyan and The Pilgrim’s Progress
WEBPastors are always on the lookout for the next book to help us be more effective and faithful in ministry. Some books help us shore up weaknesses, others teach us how to effectively carry out the everyday tasks of pastoral ministry, and then, there are those that inspire us to persevere through the challenges of shepherding God’s people.
Preaching with Humility
WEBPreaching with Humility is Inherent. I love being a preacher. But if I’m honest, I wonder at times if I love preaching more than being a preacher. The Apostle Paul declared to Timothy, “ I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher ” (2 Tim. 1:11; cf. 1 Tim. 2:7, ESV). The word “ preacher ” comes from the verb kērussō and
15 Reasons People Walk Away From the Church
WEB13. They feel unneeded. They’d love to get involved, but no one’s asked them. As far as they know, the church doesn’t need them. 14. They are choosing to live in sin. Giving up on the church is only the by-product of, and “spiritual” excuse for, their personal disobedience. 15. They’re not ready for the commitment.
Pastor, Your Church Needs You to Take a Vacation
WEBWe are burnt out, worn out, tired, sleepy, and cooked. Our first two movements in the morning are to stop the alarm clock and look at the cell phone. Everyone needs rest. Taking a sabbath is important. Taking a vacation is important. Pastors should model proper behavior. Part of leadership is showing the way.
End of Year Review: 20 Questions Pastors and Church Leaders Can …
WEBPastor, as you approach the end of this year take some time to reflect on what God has done in you and through you. Here are twenty questions to prompt your end-of-year reflections and perhaps to stir some new-year resolve and direction.
Guarding Your Joy in Ministry
WEBStresses feel heavier when you carry them alone. Even if you are the only pastor on staff at your church, surround yourself with godly men who can watch your back, encourage you, and help you navigate the burdens of ministry. Sometimes guarding our joy means not guarding it alone. 3. Avoid Comparisons.
Preaching to Short Attention Spans
WEBCompel them to come to Jesus! Genuine earnestness and affection for the Christ we proclaim shows people that he is worthy of their attention. 3. Be clear. We will surely shorten the attention spans of our hearers if we preach a sermon that is unorganized, ambiguous, and confusing. If people cannot follow along because we have a squishy
Interview with Andy Davis on Church Revitalization
WEBThe Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership exists to equip and encourage pastors to lead healthy, disciple-making churches for the glory of God around the world. Earlier this year, Ronjour Locke sat down with Andy Davis, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Durham, to discuss church revitalization and the many challenges …
Preaching a Suicide Funeral
WEBTell them of a greater, chief forgiveness found only in Jesus. 4. Her death is covered by the cross. Every family of a suicide victim is likely subjected to the intense emotional pain caused by the erroneous teaching that suicide is the “unforgivable sin,” or the “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.”.
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