Pastoral Support groups provide a safe place for ministry leaders to do life and ministry together. Consisting of pastors from a variety of Christian denominations who all love Jesus, love the Word ... Read More about Pastoral Support Groups
How to Pray for Your Pastor
“Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give your spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.” (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13) What better way to honor, respect and wholeheartedly love our pastors than to faithfully lift them…
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How To Care For Your Pastor
Pray regularly for your pastor and family Avoid having expectations for your pastor’s spouse and children Don’t try to get to the pastor through their spouse if the pastor isn’t available Guard against viewing your pastor as the paid professional who does the ministry The pastors job is to equip the body to do the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:11-12)…
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Why People Leave Your Church
Why Do People Leave Your Church? In my decades as lead pastor one of the things I most struggled with was the loss of people from our church. It was hard not to take each loss personally and to begin asking myself the question, “What could I have done better to keep these sheep?” I blamed my inferior leadership skills…
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Are You Afraid of Rest
My wife and I recently attended the annual Caregivers Forum that was held this year at the YMCA of the Rockies. What a blessing it was to see the wild elk wandering the property against the backdrop of the snowcapped Rocky Mountains, and to fellowship with other caregivers from around the country in that breathtaking environment. Everyone there was involved…
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No Greater Honor
Being a pastor of a local church is not for the faint of heart! We lead organizations that carry the most important message on earth, that Jesus is the one and only Savior of the world. The eternal stakes could not be higher. We pastors were attracted to pastoral ministry because God tugged at our hearts, we saw a needy…
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