Get to Know Other Pastors
Mike McKinley has some good advice in his excellent book Church Planting is for Wimps:
Can I pause here just to plug the value of friendships with pastors at other churches, especially if
pastoring
Church Replanting
A couple of weeks ago I attended meetings at a church in Miami. The church was a relaunch. The former church, Immanuel Presbyterian, shut down. A few weeks later Crossbridge Church opened in
Sabbatical
This past weekend we announced that I’ll be taking a short, three-month sabbatical this summer, beginning in June and wrapping up at the end of August.
The sabbatical is coming as a
Theologically Robust, Effective Ministry
I’ve spent too much of my ministry caught in a tension that shouldn’t exist.
I’ve seen many examples of theologically robust thinking. I know a lot of people who are
John Stott on Pastoral Temptations
From Basic Christian: The Inside Story of John Stott:
Giving an interview in Hong Kong, John was asked whether he had ever experienced great temptations or thought of giving up his ministry.
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