Gathering week by week is a work of service to your fellow worshippers and work of witness to those who do not believe. From Jared Wilson: One of the most countercultural things you can do is get up early on Sunday morning, put real clothes on, and drive to a church building. … In many …
Jared Wilson writes about the mission response to Gospel preaching and teaching. Christian ministry can’t be motivated by fear and guilt. The good news about Jesus doesn’t just tell Christians how to respond, it is the power by which they respond. Remember that the gospel will empower its own implications. So remind your church that …
Jared Wilson points out that pastors must model the pattern of life they long to see in the Christians they serve. A plurality of elders in a congregation helps provide a broader balance of these qualities. From Wilson’s article: If we want our churches to be of one mind, to be of one heart, to …
Jared Wilson outlines five ways the Gospel shapes and empowers pastoral ministry. Here’s one of his four points. In the trenches of day-to-day ministry work, it can become tragically easy to think of the whole thing as a managerial enterprise. We plan and program, we mentor and coach, we write and preach. The relational work …
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