Breaking through the purpose and personal barriers I talked about in that first article is a part of growth and development as a leader. That growth then continues through theological and practical development. This need for theological and practical growth applies to breaking growth barriers in churches, like the 200 barrier, and it applies to everyone in church leadership.
So, let’s explore how we can grow in these areas.
Can the Anglican Communion unite?
On 3 October 2025, the world was told that Sarah Mullally had been selected to be the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. Twenty-five weeks later, after numerous ceremonies including last week’s ‘Installation', she can finally get on with the job.
One man who has been on this journey with her is Joaquin Philpotts, an industrial engineer and lay-minister from Buenos Aires. As was one of five representatives of the Anglican Communion on the Crown Nomination Commission, he spent last summer deliberating over different candidates. In January, he was called to offer part of the ‘Charge’ at the confirmation of Sarah Mullally’s election and last week he was there at Canterbury Cathedral to see her installed.
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for peace in first Easter sermon
Dame Sarah Mullally has used her first Easter Day sermon as Archbishop of Canterbury to renew calls for peace in the Middle East.
Also See: Church leaders remember victims of war in Easter messagesPope Leo’s Easter message to the world: ‘Let those who have weapons lay them down!’
As wars intensify across the globe, Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter address to deliver a stark warning against growing indifference to violence, urging both world leaders and ordinary people to reject fear and choose peace through dialogue.
Iran war's shock waves threaten England's farms 6,000 miles away
Few places feel farther from the Iran war than the potato fields of eastern England, where pastoral landscapes and ancient forests have inspired romantic painters and poets for centuries.
But this bucolic scene is not immune from the shock waves triggered by the American-Israeli assault — and it’s a story being repeated across farms all over the world.
English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I
On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation.
Off went the jackets and backpacks, on came burgundy cassocks and white surplices. Then they trooped into the cathedral, opened their mouths and sang as one. The youthful gaggle had become a choir, giving voice to a tradition of choral music in the Church of England that has survived largely unchanged for almost 500 years.
An England bereft of organs will not be the same country
There are still 15,000 pipe organs in Britain’s churches. However, according to a survey by the charity Pipe Up for Organs, they will be virtually extinct by 2070. Poor village churches, already under tremendous financial pressure, are ripping them out at a rate of five a week and leaving them in landfill.
Church's 500-year-old bell to ring again
A 500-year-old church bell will be rung for the first time in more than a decade after repairs to its tower are completed.
The bell at the Church of Our Lady in Seaton, Northumberland, has been out of use since 2010 because it was feared the sound of its ringing would make cracks in the building worse.
Also See: Welsh church to hear full bell ring for first time at Easter serviceEaster Sunday and the hope of resurrection
Easter Sunday is the high point of the Christian faith. It marks the joyful end of the Lenten journey and the glorious celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead on the third day. This is not just an event Christians remember once a year. It is the very heart of our hope.
Easter Is the Most Ordinary Day in History
...in a deeper and truer sense, the events of the first Easter morning were the most normal thing that’s happened in human history.
When the Call Comes Late
Perhaps you are discern whether God is calling you to full-time ministry in a later stage of your life, or perhaps someone is looking for your advice as they wrestle with this decision, either way, there are a few things that might be helpful to know.
Do Extroverts Make Better Pastors?
A young man who intends to pastor in Canada, and who therefore acknowledges that he may well be the sole pastor on staff at a local church, recently asked me, Do extroverts make better pastors? Behind the question was this uncertainty: Can I, as an introvert, be a successful solo pastor? This is my attempt to answer the question.
The myth of the omnipotent pastor
A pastor who tries to do everything does harm to more than just himself.
Pastor, Don’t Heal Thyself: 3 Reasons Pastors Need Community
Ministry can create a particular kind of loneliness, but health cannot be sustained in isolation. Pastors need community.
Easter Is the Most Ordinary Day in History
...in a deeper and truer sense, the events of the first Easter morning were the most normal thing that’s happened in human history.
When the Call Comes Late
Perhaps you are discern whether God is calling you to full-time ministry in a later stage of your life, or perhaps someone is looking for your advice as they wrestle with this decision, either way, there are a few things that might be helpful to know.
Do Extroverts Make Better Pastors?
A young man who intends to pastor in Canada, and who therefore acknowledges that he may well be the sole pastor on staff at a local church, recently asked me, Do extroverts make better pastors? Behind the question was this uncertainty: Can I, as an introvert, be a successful solo pastor? This is my attempt to answer the question.
The myth of the omnipotent pastor
A pastor who tries to do everything does harm to more than just himself.
Pastor, Don’t Heal Thyself: 3 Reasons Pastors Need Community
Ministry can create a particular kind of loneliness, but health cannot be sustained in isolation. Pastors need community.
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