Posts Tagged ‘Pastors’
The Ethics of Change
Don Johnson As a final follow-up to my piece on What to do When Your Church Leaves You, I want to talk about the ethics of change. We know that change is inevitable. We know we resist change for various reasons. Not all change is bad, sometimes changing times demand change for the new circumstances.…
Read MoreAround the Web–10/29/12
Deuteronomy’s Riches: A Conversation with Ajith Fernando As a follow up on my series on sanctification, this interview brings some further emphasis on holiness and obedience that is often dismissed in the current climate. 5 of the most difficult challenges pastors face Thom S. Rainer Interesting article, especially the one about the challenge of preaching…
Read MoreAround the Web–10/17/12
A few interesting stories from around the web… The Problem with Pastors as Rock Stars Ed Stetzer has an interesting article on the ‘rock star’ pastor. I don’t always agree with Stetzer, but I think he touches on something that can happen in a church regardless of size. In addition to his solutions, I might…
Read MoreYou Get Out and Stand in the Rain
Mark Minnick Our homiletics professor caught everyone offguard with his question: “What would you do if you had been invited to speak at a country church and upon arriving early found that no one was there yet except one young woman who was standing outside the locked building in the rain?” Then he sharpened the…
Read MoreAround the Web – May 11, 2012
This week, we found an interesting chart on why pastors and churches are heading toward conflict that often results in pastoral dismissal: “Pastor’s Fight and Flight”. Top two reasons: ‘recent church fights and shrinking congregations’… the next six: Short Sermons (seriously!) Almost no men in attendance Women pastors Young pastors Old congregants A slight majority…
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