Plant or transition?
From Gordon MacDonald’s book Who Stole My Church?:
Our experience leads me to say that if you want to be part of a church that is radically different than anything you’ve
pastoring
Who Stole My Church?
Who Stole My Church? is a book that’s both the same as, and different from, other books on transitioning churches.
That’s not particularly helpful, so let me explain. It’s the
Not cool
I attended a conference this week – more on that in a few weeks. One of the speakers was Earl Creps, author and pastor. Creps led the conference in a liturgy of confession: “I
The Holy Spirit and ministry
From David Hansen’s book The Art of Pastoring:
The Holy Spirit carries out the will of God to build the church. This is the objective truth of the pastoral ministry: the church
Self-dependence is our biggest blind spot
Jack Miller was a pastor of a small church and a professor at a seminary. When he was in his early 40s he became frustrated with ministry. Neither the church members nor the