Pastoral Leadership

The Bible warns pastors that they are accountable to Jesus for how they conduct their ministry.

Humility. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.C. S. Lewis Humility expresses itself in a teachable...

Sergeant Ernie Savage embodied the qualities that pastors need to become leaders in their churches. A scene from the film We Were Soldiers...

As a young pastor, the church I was pastoring was growing by leaps and bounds. Our small building was running out of space and so I had a...

John was more discouraged than ever after the Board meeting. It was another fatigued litany of excuses why they hadn’t fulfilled their...

What if the Lord were to reveal to you that in 10 years, your life and your ministry would be the same as it is now? Driving the same...

All across America, thousands of pastors will make a grave mistake in the next few months. They will make a serious misstep in...

Gary Westra interviews Matthew Bohling. Coaching the Whole Pastor

Students of human nature may assume that life will go back to the “old normal” after Covid-19 passes and a vaccine is present. I fear...

You’ve only got 168 hours in a week to get things done. If you’re going to lead a turnaround church, you’ll need at least twice that many...

“If something doesn’t change around here, nothing’s going to change.” Eighty percent of the American clergy—those leading plateaued or...

The anxious seminary students waited for the sociology professor to hand out the final exam. Fifty percent of their semester’s grade hung...

“Make corporate propaganda feel like folksy truisms” is how one Ad Director summed up his job. A Lifeguard said that her job consisted of...

After his older brother was baptized in church, little Tommy sobbed all the way home. Three times his father asked what was wrong....

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His downfall happened when his emotional reserves were exhausted. His sister’s unexpected death left him reeling. She was an esteemed...

“Don’t change anything for a year!” That has been an adage forever for a pastor who is new to a church. I wish I had a quarter for every...

“I don’t’ believe you!” he would shout from the last row of the classroom. John Holland was one tough task-master. He taught a seminary...

Whatever you think of the Pope, he knows the power of pulpit, symbol, & compassion. He walks in the way of faith, hope, & love. Today it...

Pastoral ministry is a boiling cauldron of relentless deadlines, impossible demands, unreasonable expectations, and inadequate resources....