Tag: ministry

  • Dear Leader, part 8 (Accusations Against Pastors, Depression)

    Dear Leader, part 8 (Accusations Against Pastors, Depression)

    This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…

  • Dear Leader, part 7 (Rejection of True Faith)

    Dear Leader, part 7 (Rejection of True Faith)

    This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…

  • Dear Leader, part 6 (Deacons?)

    Dear Leader, part 6 (Deacons?)

    This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…

  • Youth’s Place in the Church- Biblical Youth Ministry

    Youth’s Place in the Church- Biblical Youth Ministry

    Ephesians is a book written by Paul to believers encouraging them to, by the grace of God, pursue unity and maturity in the faith. When we get to Ephesians 6, Paul addresses children specifically as a responsible part of the Christian body. My question regards Paul’s specific address to children. What place do children (what…

  • On Leaving the Ministry

    In 2007, the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development (FASICLD)reported that “Of the one thousand fifty (1,050 or 100%) pastors we surveyed, every one of them had a close associate or seminary buddy who had left the ministry because of burnout, conflict in their church, or from a moral failure.”[1] I am currently…