Dan Rockwell provides some helpful insight about the qualities of leaders and managers. Pastoral ministry isn’t either of these, but it does involve aspects of each. An observation in general is that those who carry out management roles well can often find themselves in leadership roles without having the needed skills to do that role …
Through the beginning of the year Thom Rainer has been posting about churches becoming simple or zero sum. In practice this involves concluding groups and activities that no longer have a vital purpose. Put another way: if the church was starting fresh which groups activities would they actually start because they’re needed or serve a …
Chuck Lawless describes ten sources of pastoral heartache. All the pastors I know consistently express these griefs as a part of their lives. It’s not something to pity, nor are these situations unknown to others, but our calling demands that we can’t avoid circumstances such as these. We’re invested in people’s lives, the ups and …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 48 Chapter 29 – Of The Lord’s Supper (Cont.) Paragraphs 5-8 V. The outward elements in this sacrament, duly set apart to the uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to him crucified, as that truly, yet sacramentally only, they are sometimes called by the name of the …
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