Nick Farr, who describes himself as an ‘everything pastor’ (you know, the guys who do a little of everything) wrote a fantastic post a couple of months ago about how to leave a ministry, and how to do it well. You can check out his blog at http://www.everythingpastor.com/. I am reposting this blog with his [...]

When I was five years old my brother asked me if I wanted to burn in hell? I said, “no,” he said pray this prayer. That was the day I was saved. Not really, but when I think back on my conversion experience, that is all I remember. I grew up in a Christian home [...]

1. Once a week do something to encourage your senior pastor 2. Spend 50% of your time on developing your adult volunteers …. include yourself in that 50% 3. Write five (5) short encouragement notes to students each day. Mail the notes the old fashion way. 4. Teach grace. In a real clear way help [...]

Youth workers always says the curriculum you buy from a publisher is weak. They tell me the material isn’t challenging and it seems like the authors were writing to a 3rd grade level. It’s often true. Sometimes when publishers are writing curriculum they want the material to appeal to as many people as possible, so [...]