Song: Take My Life And Let It Be Welcome Call to Worship Song: Your Love So High Prayer Of Confession Song: God Whose Almighty Word Affirming our Faith: The Apostles’ Creed Song: Now To Him Who Loved Us Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 – In chapters 8 and 9 generous giving on behalf of the …

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Dave Harvey at Sojourn Network reminds me that a minister of the Gospel does not find his identity and self-worth in ministry of the Gospel, but in the Gospel I minister. If you long to be in pastoral ministry, the starting place is the gospel. You must know the gospel, love the gospel, and delight …

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A couple of articles by Marty Duran about ‘Pastoral Leadership Capital’ which is a term for the trust that a pastor can build with a congregation that enables needed change to be implemented, or even mis-steps to be forgiven and moved on from. There are two parts here and here. Part one. In my opinion, …

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