Training Pastors

My fellow laborer and servant in Christ, Thank you for your kind words concerning my humble gift to God's Holy Church, De Doctrina...

Fair warning : if you’re intrigued by the idea that Turnaround pastors can be identified by a few unique personality components, you’ll...

You’d probably attribute it to blind chance or dumb luck – if you don’t believe that God governs the course of our lives in detail. Two...

Interim pastors have plenty of “crucial” tasks to accomplish when leading a church in transition. But if everything’s important then...

The first article in this series offered guidance on three issues that churches considering retaining an interim pastor need to address....

There’s never enough time to stay current with your “must read” stack, is there? The interim pastor’s life is one challenge after...

Will settled pastors of the future need to have the personal qualities of a church planter, the unique abilities of a turnaround expert...

Lakeview Heights Baptist Church knows that church security is a hot topic that’s getting hotter all the time. This little church in...

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

Gary Westra interviews Matthew Bohling. Coaching the Whole Pastor

at·ti·tudeˈadəˌt(y)o͞od/ noun a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a...

The Alban Institute is offering a seminar that should interest many an intentional interim pastor. “ Dealing with Difficult Behaviors ”...

It’s Thursday morning. Your pastor of nine years just dropped a bomb in the Diner. You’ve suddenly lost interest in polishing off...

Turnaround pastors have a unique opportunity to permanently change the trajectory of church hospitality. Our “information gathering” in...

Interim pastors serve a unique role . A church calls an interim pastor for a fixed period of time to deal with a defined set or problems....

A previous post asserts that extraordinary hospitality for church visitors isn’t hard. Eliminate the things church visitors dislike, set...

Church visitors are probably more important to the Lord than they are to the church they visit! The fact that they willingly endure the...

Making guests comfortable – even when they are few and far between! – is a “mission critical” task for churches in transition. In fact,...

Ed and Mike are typical church visitors. One afternoon they were crunching through the forest leaves, headed for their favorite deer...

Lainey is two years old. Well, a few days shy but regardless of what the calendar says, our granddaughter’s in the “terrible twos.”...