What to Ask During the Candidating Process

In January 2021, I picked up the phone for my first call with the head of the search committee at Northminster Baptist Church (NBC). Thus began the process that ended with my appointment as NBC’s pastor in September 2021. As expected, the church asked me many good questions throughout the process. They asked about my theological convictions, my preaching, my ecclesiology, my family background, my habits of prayer, my leadership style, and long-term goals. The candidating process is a time for the church to ask the prospective pastor many questions. But the questions shouldn’t travel in only one direction. The...

Scott Hurst

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Darryl Dash

Preach the Gospel, Die, and Leave the Results up to God

Darryl Dash

Should Pastors Use AI in Sermon Preparation?

Brett Landry

The Academy or the Church? Training Pastors for the Next Generation

Jon Cleland

The Christianity Today article, “1 in 4 Pastors Plan to Retire Before 2030,” leads to the question: how do we train up the next generation of pastors? As one who is both in local church ministry and in the world of academia, I find myself positioned to reflect on this question as it pertains to both the role of the Church and the role of the bible college and seminary (or more generally, the academy) in training up new pastors. I have some friends who, on the academic side, loathe the lack of scholarly rigour found in some bible colleges...