Five Practical Tips for Pastors

Let’s be honest. Pastoring is like heart surgery. It is serious business. The Lord is the great Physician, and we pastors are his assistants. People live or die on the table, so to speak. With that in mind, what I’m about to suggest may seem trite. And yet, much of the genius of ministry includes doing small things well, things which keep you focused on what and Who matters most on a daily basis. In 2007, Casting Crowns released a song called “Slow Fade.” Small decisions and habits lead to increasingly entrenched sin. Rarely does it happen overnight. In a...

Matthew Ruttan

Episode 63: Communicating Well as Worship Leaders

Rob Brockman • Jody Cross

Episode 59: Evaluating Criticism

Rob Brockman • Jody Cross

Episode 48: Learning from John the Baptist (Part Two)

Jody Cross • Rob Brockman

Episode 36: Mentoring The Next Generation (feat. Jerry Heinold)

Jerry Heinold • Pat Sczebel • Jody Cross • Rob Brockman

Nehemiah’s Lessons for Post-Pandemic Church Leaders

Dan Dupuis

Pastors have their favourites. And I don’t mean people, but books of the Bible. And they will inevitably change over time. The worn out and wearied minister may find his daily solace for a season in the “servant songs” of Isaiah––refreshed with a reminder of the gentleness of his Saviour, who delicately cradles the bruised reed in his hands (see Isa 42:3). The pastor wrestling with his own sinful heart may, for a time, immerse himself in the letter to the Hebrews––the book of Jesus the great High Priest par excellence. But where might the pastor turn for instruction and...

Nehemiah’s Lessons for Post-Pandemic Church Leaders

Dan Dupuis

5 Things That Can Steal Your Joy in Pastoral Ministry

Paul Carter

Pastoral ministry isn’t supposed to be fun; it will not always make you happy but it shouldn’t ever steal your joy. Joy isn’t affected by circumstances on the ground; or at least it isn’t supposed to be. Joy is about knowing who you are and whose you are. It is about knowing what has been done for you and what has been given to you through the life and death of Jesus Christ. The ups and downs of pastoral ministry can neither add to nor take away from the truth of your identity in Christ. That is a fact. And...

5 Things That Can Steal Your Joy in Pastoral Ministry

Paul Carter

Retrieving Andrew Fuller’s Model of Pastoral Ministry

Michael A. G. Haykin

Evangelical pastoral ministry is in crisis. Since the Sixties various pastoral models have been tried and found wanting, and none more so than the celebrity mega-church pastor, which has recently been at the heart of serious questions being raised about the integrity of Evangelicalism in North America. A key part of the solution to this crisis is found in the admonition of Hebrews 13:7, where the recipients of that ancient, yet timeless, letter are urged first to “remember [their] leaders, those who spoke to [them] the Word of God,” then to reflect deeply on the “way of life” of these...

Retrieving Andrew Fuller’s Model of Pastoral Ministry

Michael A. G. Haykin

Christian Leaders Should Be Spiritual Parents

Wyatt Graham

Do you desire to be a pastor or a Christian leader? If so, we need to be good. We need to preach Jesus and live according to his Word. For our charge is a serious one: we must guide people through life into the kingdom of God. So how can we know whether or not we are (or will be) a good leader or pastor? Here is one way to answer that question: can we see ourselves as a spiritual parent who lovingly and firmly guides others along the Way of Christ? If so, we are a good leader. Let...