Ministry Success: When Serving Jesus Becomes a Means to Your End
This is part one in a four-part series around the pitfalls of ministry success. The following three posts can be found here: Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. The student ministry at the
This is part one in a four-part series around the pitfalls of ministry success. The following three posts can be found here: Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. The student ministry at the
I graduated from seminary six years ago. I have: two biblical studies degrees, student debt from seminary and Bible College, sent out more than 70 resumes for prospective pastoral positions, made good grades in Seminary,
Over the last few years as a pastor, I developed a running hypothesis relating to the true mark of maturity in Christ. This hypothesis emerged after witnessing and interacting with many people who appeared mature
After preaching for five years, I’ve learned both easy and difficult lessons along the way. This post picks up where I left off in the last one, with a couple more truths that I feel
Part One As I mentioned last time, I’d change a lot about the way I handled seminary. But ultimately, my mistakes boiled down to just a few key issues. Things that seem so obvious that
About four years ago, I had just jumped the hurdle of year one as the primary preaching pastor at my church. The learning curve was steep, but everything I learned that first year has held
As our professor went through the syllabus on Day One of class, you could hear the collective weeping and gnashing of teeth. In addition to exams and papers, we had 2,500 pages of reading
Yesterday, one of my staff, who has worked in full-time vocational ministry for the last year, asked, “Is it normal to be lonely in ministry? I know the statistics on this subject are dismal, with
This is the third post in a three-part series. For Part One, Click Here. For Part Two, Click Here. There are times when leaving a church can be the most shepherding thing a pastor can
This is the second post in a three-part series. The previous post can be found here. As we discussed in the previous post, “longevity” is a trait we gravitate toward when seeking to fill any
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