The Unfairness of Ministry 

The Unfairness of Ministry 

Discipleship, Leadership

Much of ministry can feel unfair. People who don’t understand the weight of ministry put unfair expectations on you, don’t respect your time as your own, feel the right to speak into how you raise your kids. In the midst of difficult ministry seasons,...
3 Kinds of Calling

3 Kinds of Calling

Developing, Discipleship, Leadership

If you’re a Christian leader, you’ve probably found one of the most common questions people come to you with—especially younger people—is that of calling. What is my calling? What is God’s will for my life? How can I tell what God wants me specifically to do?  These...
A Natural Flow for Outreach

A Natural Flow for Outreach

Discipleship, Leadership, Outreach

A key ingredient in your mission for your church is outreach. You share the gospel to save souls and because it is what Jesus asked you to do in the Great Commission. But these days, outreach is getting harder. What worked in the past is no longer effective. Within...
Experiencing God for… Skeptics? 

Experiencing God for… Skeptics? 

Discipleship, Leadership

Is there room for skeptics in your congregation? Thomas (the disciple) gets a bad rap to this day and to be called a “Doubting Thomas” is considered an insult. Yet if you look at it from a learning styles standpoint, you will recognize that a great deal of the world...
Six Steps to Make and Multiply Disciples

Six Steps to Make and Multiply Disciples

Discipleship

What is your mission statement? It may be worded differently or expressed differently or put forth with a unique emphasis, but the basic mission of any Christian church is always the same: to make disciples. After all, that’s what Jesus left us to do:  Then Jesus came...