Everything rises and falls on leadership. As pastors, teachers, and church planters, we should be life-long learners, especially in the area of leadership.
Church planting will teach you a lot. It will teach you how to lead when you do not have enough people, how to make decisions when you do not have enough money, how to preach when you are tired, and how to keep moving when the plan changes for the third time that...
Pastoral burnout is not solved by one day off after months of depletion. Recovery requires honesty, support,...
Walk into almost any leadership meeting and you'll hear phrases like: "He has a lot of potential." "She's a future...
Pastors wear busyness like a badge of honor. "Busyness Is Not a Ministry Strategy (And It's Killing Your Church)"...
some of the smartest leaders are also the most ineffective. Not because they lack vision.Not because they can’t...
Years ago, Geoff Surratt wrote a post built around a proverb that framed this church planting strategy question better...
Knowing how to choose a church location is one of the most critical decisions you'll make as a church planter — and...
Look, I'm just going to say it. You can have the best strategy. The team can have killer systems. Money can be raised...
Sixty-five percent of pastors report feeling lonely or isolated. Only 1.2 percent of pastors leave ministry each year,...
You know that feeling when a simple decision takes three committee meetings, two congregational votes, and four months...
The pastor's spouse is either a helpmate or a hurtmate—and that's not a typo. After more than two decades of ministry...
The beginning of a new year has a strange way of exposing what's really going on inside us. On the outside, everything...
Most church vision casting fails not because we dream too small, but because we confuse inspiration with...