You have probably heard the phrase, “Prior planning prevents poor performance.” It is usually shouted in locker rooms, printed on weight room walls, or repeated by coaches who are trying to prepare their teams for game day.
Let me be clear, Easter Sunday is not a performance. We are not putting on a show. We are proclaiming a risen Savior. But the principle still applies. […]
When your view doesn’t match your vision. I heard that statement in a sermon recently and immediately wrote it down. It puts language to something every leader and every believer eventually feels.
There are seasons when what you see does not line up with what you believe God has shown you. Your view is what is right in front of you.
Your vision is what God has placed in your heart. And the two do not always match. […]
Every leader wants to see their ministry grow. We pray for more people, greater impact, and wider influence. But true ministry growth doesn’t begin with new strategies. It begins with spiritual preparation.
In order to scale a ministry, you must begin by preparing yourself for God to bless.
Growth is not something we force; it’s something we faithfully prepare for. […]
Most of us would say that we care about people. I do. Pastors do. We notice when someone is hurting. We feel concern. We tell others we will pray for them. And oftentimes, we actually do. Caring is not the problem. But caring is often where we stop.
Loving others the way God loves others requires a shift, from caring for people to carrying their burdens. […]
Minutes before an Easter service, a Chicago pastor learned activists intended to disrupt worship. What followed was not chaos, but calm, decisive leadership. Drawing from lived inner-city ministry experience, this article offers hard-earned lessons on preparation, spiritual readiness, and protecting the integrity of corporate worship without surrendering Christlike witness. […]
As AI-generated Christian content saturates every platform, even sincere human-spoken truth can be discarded by association. The result is growing confusion about reality, which inflames an already weary soul. More content only worsens the problem. […]
Most ministry failures do not begin with doctrinal compromise. They begin with personal compromise. More often than not, when a pastor’s ministry ends suddenly or painfully, the root cause is not theological drift but a moral failure of some sort. When that happens, the damage is never limited to one person. Families are affected. Churches are wounded. Communities are confused. And the testimony of the gospel suffers. […]
Across the country, churches are facing increasing questions, and in some cases, legal challenges related to their doctrinal convictions. Issues such as hiring practices, who may serve as volunteers, how church facilities may be used, what kind of counseling a church will provide, and even which weddings a pastor will or will not perform are no longer just ministry decisions, they are often being viewed through a legal lens. Which is why a church’s articles of faith are critically important. […]
Over the past few weeks, I have read about large churches in the United States experiencing major internal challenges, not over theology or morality, but over governance, specifically with authority and control. These situations are not just legal issues. They are ministry issues because they affect people, testimonies, and the mission of the local church. […]
Growth doesn’t happen by accident. Whether it’s spiritual growth, leadership growth, or personal development, it always requires intentional effort. Many people want to grow, but they never build a plan for it. They admire growth […]
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