pastoring

The Modesto Manifesto

In 1948, 31-year-old Billy Graham met in a motel in Modesto, California. Graham was still a Youth for Christ evangelist, and was preparing to begin his ministry as an independent evangelist. Graham’s

Discounts for Ministries

If you’re part of a church or ministry, you understand the importance of managing resources wisely. There are many discounts available to help you stretch your money. Here are a list of

God Met Me in My Discouragement

I battled discouragement on Tuesday. I don’t get discouraged often, so when I do, it comes as a surprise. It colored everything. It was ugly. Life can be hard. Ministry can be

The Hardest Part of Ministry

The hardest part of pastoral ministry is not the work. It’s not that things take longer than you’d think, or that success is hard to measure. The hardest part of ministry

Failure

We’ve invited a guest speaker to our church next month. His bio says that he’s a “husband, dad, friend, big sinner enjoying an even bigger grace, unlikely pastor, wanna-be-musician, writer-at-times, a