I’m worried about the language and concepts of the human resources world being applied to churches and pastors. I hear questions like: What do we do with underperforming pastors who are not growing the church? Are we reinforcing their sense of entitlement by accepting and rewarding underperformance?
A short encouragement to think in a uniquely Christian way about sickness and suffering.
Shining a monthly spotlight on a ministry that we thank God for. We love seeing different ministries striving to train people in discipleship and gospel leadership, especially where this training isn’t happening often. That’s why this month we are shining the spotlight on an Australian ministry, Blue Collar Ministry
Learning how to observe Scripture well enables us to get to what a text is really about. One of the best ways to observe well is by asking questions.
Like many churches, we got quite a few visitors at our Christmas carols and Christmas Day service. This year we tried something new: we made available some free books for people to take if they were interested. One was a simple Christmas-themed evangelistic book (A Very Different Christmas, published by the Good Book Company), and the second was The Book of Books (from Matthias Media).
We've all felt it: that sad feeling that everyone is in a conversation but me, everyone was invited but me, everyone has someone sitting next to them except me...
Jean Williams takes a look at a book that is helpful to both men and women for improving the way that they read and understand the Bible.
When it comes to measuring our performance in exam season, we all have different standards. But what standard should we aim for as followers of Jesus?
GTK has become an essential tool in my pastoral toolbox. What is it? At first my congregation thought it stood for ‘Gary the Koo’, but GTK actually stands for ‘Get to Know’, and what GTK is designed to do is welcome newcomers into your church. I’ve run
Essays interacting with John Dickson's "Hearing Her Voice". Ebook file download. Release date: 5 May 2014.