Daniel Im On What’s Wrong With Discipleship, False Maturity And Bi-Vocational Ministry [Podcast]
Something’s wrong with discipleship in most churches, but many leaders have no idea what’s broken, despite their best efforts to diagnose and fix it. Daniel Im gives a helpful diagnosis and a very practical set of tips on how to move your church closer to Christ. Plus, he shares some bonus tips for bi-vocational pastors – a much requested conversation. Listen Now
Should You Leave or Stay at Your Church - Rainer on Leadership #420 [Podcast]
I have been asked this question several hundred times in the course of my ministry. Today, we cover the answers for it—because it’s not an easy answer. Listen Now
Share the Load in Your Small Congregation
Are you the only pastor on staff? You don’t have to bear the burden alone. Read More
Michael Green, author of Evangelism through the Local Church, adopted a similar approach to pastoral care, using lay elders, while he was rector of St. Aldate's, Oxford. Green was special advisor to the Archbishopof Canterbury on evangelism and has authored numerous books on evangelism and related topics.4 Daily Prayer Practices for Pastors and Church Leaders
Here are four secrets to answered prayer from the life of Nehemiah. Read More
Why I Stopped Reading the Bible
...there are many churches around the world for whom the Word of God is central, while they are led by people who leave the Word to the side in their daily lives. Read More
Guidelines For A Strong Worship Team
In any quality organization there are codes of conduct and concrete expectations. A number of years ago I attended a worship conference at Gateway Church in Dallas and was totally impressed by their worship team. Based on Gateway’s code of conduct and my own experience, here are the standards and guidelines for the worship teams that I work with. Read More
13 Ways to Strengthen Your Church's Children's Ministry
More than one person has said, “Our students and children are the future of the church.”* That statement is true, but it’s also insufficient. Children and students are part of the church now, and we’ll lose them if we don’t minister well to them today. Here are thirteen ways to strengthen your children’s ministry.... Read More
14. Encourage the children’s participation in worship gatherings and other church functions from a very early age. While we can shape a child’s beliefs, faith is “caught, not taught” – something I learned years ago in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I read John H. Westerhoff III’s Will Our Children Have Faith? (Seabury, 1976). Westerhoff maintained that the whole congregation should be involved in the formation of children, not just the children’s ministry. It is important that children be around believing adults and adult believers in turn be around children, not segregated from each other. The faith of a child can reinforce our faith and our faith reinforce the child’s.Gen Z Technology Addiction
Gen Z's bent toward technology addiction is not something to take lightly. Read More
Being Like Jesus in Our Witness: 5 Ways Jesus Interacted with Others
I’m nothing special as a witness, but I know it helps to watch others as we learn. If we want to learn to be like Jesus, it makes sense to learn from Jesus. If we want to tell others the good news about Jesus, we might want to see how He talked with people. Read More
9 Things You Should Know About the Rajneeshees
The new Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country* has reignited interest in the Rajneeshees, a religious sect that committed, as former Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer said, “the most significant crimes of their kind in the history of the United States . . . The largest single incident of fraudulent marriages, the most massive scheme of wiretapping and bugging, and the largest mass poisoning.” Here are nine things you should about this largely forgotten group and the effect they’ve had on America. Read More
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