The Small Church
For good or for bad? From Shepherding the Small Church, by Glenn Daman Within the small church, it is not the position that gives power and authority to the individual but the relationships the person...
View ArticlePastoral Ministry
Charles Jefferson decries the lack of appreciation for “pastoral ministry.” He says the following: One result of this disparagement of pastoral service is visible in the sentiments entertained by many...
View ArticleDisjunct?
The task of understanding and then appropriating a methodology for ministry begins early on in our spiritual lives. We are unwittingly yoked to certain philosophy’s long before we reach ministry....
View ArticleA Few Good Men
Thought this was a very provoking and challenging perspective on ministry. You can view the broader context by going to “The Resurgence.”
View ArticleA Selection from John Wesley’s “An Address to the Clergy”
Let us each seriously examine himself. Have I, (1.) Such a knowledge of Scripture, as becomes him who undertakes so to explain it to others, that it may be a light in all their paths? Have I a full and...
View ArticleQuotable: Richard Baxter on Celebrity Christian Leaders
“Consider, I beseech you, brethren, what baits there are in the work of the ministry, to entice a man to selfishness, even in the highest works of piety. The fame of a godly man is as great a snare as...
View ArticleDiane Langberg, Advice for Pastors on Trauma
From the Caring Well curriculum: I encourage pastors to read a book or two about abuse so they have some understanding of it, as that will help them care for their own people as well as find them good...
View ArticleQuotable: Richard Baxter on Celebrity Christian Leaders
“Consider, I beseech you, brethren, what baits there are in the work of the ministry, to entice a man to selfishness, even in the highest works of piety. The fame of a godly man is as great a snare as...
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