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Leadership: Followership and the Privilege of Pastoral Leadership

10th December 2018

All of us are called to follow someone’s instructions. Effective leadership is not forging a solo path ahead of others; it’s learning to follow the right instructions from the right leader at the right time. Dysfunctions in Christian leadership were typically dysfunctions in followership long before they became dysfunctions in leadership.

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Filed Under: Blog, Books, Lead, Serve Tagged With: B&H, Broadman and Holman, Christ-centered followership, church, followership, leadership, Michael S. Wilder, Michael Wilder, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral leadership, pastoral ministry, The God Who Goes Before You, video

Leadership: Priestly Leadership in the New Covenant

8th October 2018

What does priesthood in the Old Testament have to do with church leadership today? Quite a lot, as it turns out—though perhaps not in the way you would assume! Priestly leadership isn’t about becoming a priest; it isn’t even about becoming a caregiver or counselor for the people of God. To understand the implications of […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Books, featured, Lead, Learn, Serve, Uncategorized Tagged With: Moses, old covenant, Old Testament, priest, priesthood, priestly, teach, teacher, teaching

Leadership: The God Who Goes Before You

1st October 2018

Today, The God Who Goes Before You is finally available in bookstores! This book on leadership develops a fresh definition of pastoral leadership that is thoroughly grounded in the storyline and canon of Scripture. As the book unfolds, what Michael Wilder and I have developed together is a vision for the leadership of God’s people […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Book reviews, Books, featured, Lead, Serve Tagged With: followership, leadership, shepherd, The God Who Goes Before You

Leadership: Kingly Leadership in the New Covenant

24th September 2018

This post is excerpted from my book The God Who Goes Before You: Pastoral Leadership as Christ-Centered Followership.You can order the book here. What does kingship in the Old Testament have to do with church leadership today? Quite a lot, as it turns out—though perhaps not in the way you would assume.

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Filed Under: Blog, Books, featured, Lead, Serve, Uncategorized Tagged With: church, church discipline, Corinthians, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Israel, Judah, king, kingdom, kingly, kings, kingship, leadership, monarchy, Paul

Leadership: Priestly Leadership in the New Covenant

4th September 2018

What does priesthood in the Old Testament have to do with church leadership today? Quite a lot, as it turns out—though perhaps not in the way you would assume! Priestly leadership isn’t about becoming a priest; it isn’t even about becoming a caregiver or counselor for the people of God. To understand the implications of […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Books, featured, Lead, Learn, Serve, Uncategorized Tagged With: Moses, old covenant, Old Testament, priest, priesthood, priestly, teach, teacher, teaching

Family Ministry: DiscipleGuide Church Leaders Cruise

14th June 2017

Interested in apologetics and family ministry? If so, then you’re likely to be interested in this upcoming conference. God willing, I will be part of an experience in January 2018 that will bring together apologetics and family ministry in a way that will equip you and your church’s staff for far more effective future ministry.

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Filed Under: Blog, Family Ministry, featured, In the News, Learn, Serve, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, Carnival Valor, children's ministry, cruise, DiscipleGuide, family ministry, student ministry, winter, youth ministry

Blog: Most-Read Posts of 2016 and Plans for 2017

3rd January 2017

Around twenty-seven thousand people racked up nearly one hundred thousand views of this blog in 2016. If you were one of them, thank you! Since there are no advertisements on my site, I don’t profit from any of the content. And so, if you’ve profited from what I’ve written, please consider purchasing a book (or two […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Family Ministry, featured, History, In the News, Lead, Learn, Movie Reviews, Serve, Solve, Video Tagged With: apologetics, church history, family ministry, history, leadership, year in review

Advent: Finding Joy When God Seems Silent

16th December 2016

Advent is the season when we meditate on experiences of waiting and silence in the Scriptures. By coming to terms with the waiting that we see in Scripture, we prepare our souls for those moments when God seems silent in our own lives. One of the ways we prepare ourselves for this silence is by […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, featured, Lead, Serve Tagged With: adoption, Advent, Christmas, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luke, Mary, silence of God, Zechariah

Leadership: The Past, the Present, and the Possibilities in Online Theological Education

4th January 2016

I have never been a traditional college student. I’ve earned three degrees but never once lived on a college or seminary campus, and I’ve worked forty hours a week or more while earning every one of my degrees. In the process, I’ve witnessed a momentous shift in higher education—a movement from on-campus education in fall […]

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Filed Under: Lead, Serve Tagged With: distance education, education, leadership, online, theological education

Leadership: Three Crucial Priorities for Shepherd Leaders

30th July 2014

This post adapted and abridged from The God Who Goes Before You, by Michael S. Wilder and Timothy Paul Jones (Nashville: B&H, forthcoming). ________ A couple of years ago, an individual who thought he might be called to pastoral ministry informed me, “I love to teach, and I want to preach—but I can’t stand people.” […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family ministry, leadership, pastoral ministry

Leadership: Becoming a Church That Both Stays and Sends

29th May 2014

A look at Sojourn Community Church

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: leadership, mission, Sojourn Community Church

Church History: Why Should Anyone Care About Church History?

20th May 2014

The following is part of an interview I did with Baptist Press related to my book and DVD-curriculum, Christian History Made Easy. Professor Timothy Paul Jones acknowledges that plenty of people view the study of history as boring–full of drab facts and dates they’d rather forget. But Jones says it shouldn’t be that way, and he’s […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Serve Tagged With: Baptist Press, church history, history

Family Ministry: Three Motivations to Avoid

9th April 2014

Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has written recently on various facets of parenting. He encourages parents to avoid three specific motivations: ambition, fear and pride. He concludes: Parenting is the most enjoyable and exhilarating responsibility I know. I feel as though I am getting to create, invest, sculpt, build, and nurture […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry, Jason Allen, Parenting

Family Ministry: Training to Launch Your Church’s Family Ministry

2nd April 2014

  Have you ever wondered how to promote a family ministry model in your church? Perhaps you’re just curious about what family ministry is all about. Whether you’re ready to dive in or just testing the waters, RightNow Media and I have partnered together to provide a practical online course to help those who might […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: christian family, family, family ministry, gospel

Family Ministry: How Paul’s Teachings About the Family Apply Today

31st March 2014

Not long ago, I shared with Christianity.com some thoughts about how Christians can apply Paul’s teaching in their homes. Paul established a priority-changing paradigm for marriages and families in Ephesians 5 and 6. He invited parents to view their task not simply as behavioral management but as gospel proclamation, viewing their children not only as […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Ephesians, family, family ministry, gospel, New Testament

Family Ministry: Caring for Your Pastor’s Kids

18th March 2014

  Chap Betts, executive director of The Apollos Project, provides a grace-saturated way to encourage your pastor and minister to his children. He states: “Too many children of pastors are casualties in the spiritual battle. After seeing the inner workings of the church, many do not want anything to do with the Lord or his people. […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry, pastor, pastor kids, pastoral ministry

Family Ministry: Is Your Story Line Too Small?

17th February 2014

Certain skills may be helpful in a child’s Christian formation—but, when it comes to parents discipling their children, the task is not primarily about the skills; it’s about a divinely-designed relationship. The church may remind me to engage spiritually with my daughters. Ministers, elders, or deacons might even equip my wife and me to disciple […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve

Family Ministry: Growth, Retention, and Gospel-Motivated Ministry

10th February 2014

Sometimes, when a ministry makes much of Jesus and the gospel, the results do include numeric gains or stellar retention rates. Seven weeks after Jesus erupted alive from a garden tomb, three thousand women and men confessed Jesus as the risen Lord, and the congregation still kept growing (Acts 2:41–47). Before long, well over five […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: church growth, family, family ministry, gospel, youth ministry

Family Ministry: Building a Biblical Model for Your Church’s Family Ministry

30th December 2013

So what does it mean to build a family ministry model for your church? And how can we be certain our model is biblical? Taking a moment to consider the meaning of a “model” in other fields of study may be helpful here. In other fields of study, a model must meet three criteria: (1) […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: christian family, family, family ministry

Family Ministry: When Inviting Parents Isn’t Enough

23rd December 2013

How can your ministry equip parents with the resources they need? In the first place, help parents to see that if they are believers in Jesus Christ, God has already equipped them with his Spirit, his Word, and the community of faith (John 16:12–14; Eph. 4:11–16; 2 Tim. 3:16–17; Heb. 13:21). Through these gifts from […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

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