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Apologetics: Should Pastors Preach for Conversions?

6th March 2021

In the churches where I first came to know Jesus Christ, no service was complete without an invitation—a time for the people in the pews to respond to the message by making their way down the aisle. Especially during weeklong revival services, “Just as I Am” inevitably ran out of verses before the preachers ran […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Lead, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry Tagged With: conversion, evangelism, evangelistic preaching, pastor, preaching, preaching for conversion

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

Family Ministry: Caring for Your Pastor’s Children

12th October 2016

Pastors’ children see the best and the worst of the church. My father served as a pastor throughout much of my childhood, and my oldest daughter spent her first several years in our household as a pastor’s child. Although I no longer serve as a paid pastoral staff member, I teach and preach frequently in […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Family Ministry, featured Tagged With: church, family, pastor

Leadership: “No, You Idiot, Your Team at Home …”

4th October 2016

Dayton Moore, general manager of the Kansas City Royals, had a friend who asked him from time to time how his team was doing. Moore would begin talking about his baseball team and the friend would respond, “No, you idiot, … your team at home”—reminding Moore that his faithfulness as a husband and father mattered […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Books, featured, Lead Tagged With: Dayton Moore, family, Kansas City, pastor, Royals

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

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