Courtesy of John Roberts, Journal-Advocate Religion Columnist, here are some less conventional ways to get rid of your pastor if the more traditional ones don’t seem to be working. Some time back, I heard about a church that had been trying to “get rid” of their pastor. Sadly, this is something that happens a lot …
Timmy Brister has a couple of posts about his use of manuscript sermons. In the first post he provides some background and then lists ten benefits of using manuscripts. 1. Clarity – The exercise of writing out what you are going to say before you say it provides you the opportunity of being clear in …
Ever had someone tell you on their first time newly attending church what their ministry is? How can you know what your ministry is without having any idea what particular ways the local group of Christians you are with need to be served? Mark Altrogge ponders what that’s all about. There have been a few …
Will Mancini adapts six key leadership tasks for pastors who make a difference from a chapter of Peter Drucker’s book Management. In avoiding the usual reactions against bringing management theory to bear on a pastor’s workload (praying, preaching, discipling), I think these can be read as perspectives that can be brought to bear on the …
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