Ten Times to Turn a Deaf Ear in Ministry
Listening is a required skill in pastoral ministry. However, at times you have to turn a deaf ear. Here are ten things to which you should not give your ear in pastoral ministry.
Leadership Issues Pastors Wish Someone Had Taught Them
As a pastor, what leadership issues will you have to face in the pastoral ministry and in your leadership role? This article lists ten leadership issues you will have to deal with.
Why I'd Be Hesitant to Go Back to the Pastorate
Are there reasons that can make someone hesitant to return to pastoral ministry? This article list ten possible reasons.
Pastor, This Isn't a Competition
The temptation to treat pastoral ministry as a competition is huge. It is easy to envy the progress others make in ministry. How do you avoid treating pastoral ministry as a competition? This article offers five things that must shape your thinking.
Three Things Pastors (Should) Fear
Pastoral ministry is measured by the faithfulness of the pastor. How do you foster faithfulness in ministry? This article mentions three healthy fears that a pastor should develop.
The Defining Character of Ministry
What ought to be the character of one's pastoral ministry? Based on 1 Thessalonians 2, this article explains six things should characterize one's leadership.
A Pastor’s Reflections: Hanging Up Your Cleats
What should you do if you face deposition, or your pastoral ministry comes to an end? Does it mean you have lost your calling? There are three things to bear in mind when you cannot serve as a pastor anymore.
A Pastor’s Reflections: Cruciform Ministry and Sacrifice
If sacrifice is a way of life for the Christian, then it means pastoral ministry is a sacrificial ministry. This article explains what such a ministry looks like.
Five Tasks Every Pastor Needs to Do Today (and Every Day)
This article considers five aspects of pastoral ministry. It states that a pastor needs to watch himself, watch his teaching, preach Jesus Christ, do personal work, and minister to the community.
What It Takes to Survive and Thrive in Ministry
What does it take to build a fruitful ministry as a pastor? The keys to a fruitful pastoral ministry are spiritual formation, self-care, emotional and cultural intelligence, quality marriage and family life, and leadership and management.
He Buried 200 Church Members
Pastoring people to their death is an experience every pastor will go through. How should the reality of death shape your pastoral ministry? This article shares four implications.
Seven Suggestions for Pastors and Pastor Spouses to Find True Friends
Pastoral ministry can be lonely, and finding true friends as a pastor is not easy either. What can a pastor and his spouse do to find true friends to share their lives with? This article makes seven suggestions.
Am I Called to the Ministry?
How can you know if you are called to pastoral ministry? 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 give the biblical answer to this question of calling. This article offers six question you can ask as a checklist for yourself.
Twelve Marks of Excellent Pastoral Ministry
Every true pastor wants to care for God's church in a good way. This article discusses twelve marks of good pastoral ministry.
The Whole Christ – How a Marrow Grew
The Marrow Controversy was a debate within the Church of Scotland in the early eighteenth century. The dispute was centred on the difficulty of properly relating works and grace, and law and gospel. This controversy influenced not merely systematic theology but also preaching and pastoral ministry.
Mutual Encouragement as Husband and Wife in Pastoral Ministry
This article is a help for pastors and their wives to consider and evaluate the function of their marriage in the midst of a busy work schedule in the pastoral ministry.