How To Become A Pastor
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. – 1 Timothy 3:1 I can still remember the season in life where I sensed God was calling me
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The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. – 1 Timothy 3:1 I can still remember the season in life where I sensed God was calling me
Hey pastor/ministry leader–you’re doing alright. There are about ten thousand voices filling your inbox, voicemail, text messages, social media feeds, podcast lists, and blog post feeds; and they’re all screaming your shortcomings. You’re not focused
Part One, Part Two Have you–would you–ever truly consider a ministry position that requires you to raise your own support? Our real answer might be something like, ‘I can’t say it isn’t biblical, but it’s
The Easy Button Imagine that you could press your very own ‘Easy Button’, and never have to worry about funding your ministry. Instead, you could receive a monthly paycheck–for the rest of your life–for whatever
For my wife and I, it was a season of waiting on the Lord. Of ministry transition. While it was clear God was pushing out of our nest, we had no idea where we would
My wife and I, with five other couples planted a church in 2002. In the weeks before we began, two friends took me aside separately to admonish us, “don’t we already have enough churches in
Dear new elder, I am encouraged by the work God is doing in you and through you in calling you to serve as an elder. As the apostle Paul wrote, “Anyone who aspires to the office
Plurality. It’s a weighty word that reminds us that ideas have consequences. By plurality, I’m talking about shared leadership. It’s a way of referencing the consequential idea that leadership in the New Testament was a
For today’s “Calling Question”, Dave addresses the tension the preacher confronts each week of preparing the heart to preach before the Audience of One while also preparing to preach to people.
Guys, let’s face it. If a pastor’s accountability isn’t in the local church, it’s probably not real accountability. It might give the illusion of accountability so he can traffic in the vocabulary without the entanglements
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