Pastoral Resources and Leadership

Build toward Long-Term Energy, Health, and Success as a LeaderPastors and ministry leaders are some of the hardest-working people in the world--and...

Move over Boomers, Xers, and Millennials; there's a new generation--making up more than 25 percent of the US population--that represents a seismic ...

Books on leadership in various aspects of life and work abound. But are the principles upon which these books are grounded biblical? Do they descri...

Small groups are a great way to promote the spiritual formation of church attendees. But leading them well can be hard work, especially if you don'...

According to Warren Wiersbe, The Supremacy of God in Preaching "calls us back to a biblical standard for preaching, a standard exemplified by many ...

Pastors and church leaders are in need of mature, godly elders to ensure church health, but the training of elders is often entirely missing or bad...

Hope for Leaders Facing Burnout and DiscouragementAround the world, discouragement erodes the vitality of organizations. Visionaries often succumb ...

Great Sunday School Teachers Aren't Born--They're TaughtFew spiritual experiences are as satisfying as sharing God's Word with children, youth, and...

There’s hope for your church. Respected church expert Sam Rainer envisions an exciting new wave of revitalized neighborhood churches that are growi...

The Church Is the Only Hope for Renewing and Redeeming Your CommunityYour church is meant to be a conduit of hope and healing, redemption and renew...

How Christianity Grew from a Dozen Disciples to a Worldwide MovementAt the beginning of the first century, a teacher named Jesus of Nazareth shook ...

A look at the nature, officers, doctrines, ordinances, government, discipline, and duties of a Baptist church organization.

El ministerio de mujeres: Para bendecir la iglesia local, es un recurso útil que puede actuar como un impulso para ayudar a las mujeres a desarroll...

There are more than 40 million enslaved people in the world today. This is overwhelming. A number so large leaves us asking, What could I even do t...

Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award The word evangelical is widely used and widely misunderstood. Where did evangelicals come from? What mot...

Evangelical Christianity underwent extraordinary expansion―geographically, culturally and theologically―in the second half of the twentieth centur...

Many a Westerner has had a cross-cultural experience of honor and shame. First there are those stuttering moments in the new social landscape. Then...

Studying church history is like learning your genealogy, with ample helpings of family recipes, scandalous disputes, inspiring heroes, quirky uncle...

Flourishing people are strong and weak. Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living: withdrawing into safety and grasping for power. T...

"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings." Philippians 3:10 (ASV) If we follow Jesus, we will ...

The invitation to worship God is the highest privilege of human beings - a privilege squandered by sinful rebellion, but also gloriously restored t...

How do you lead a movement? Movements that unify millions and sustain national relevance over the course of decades are hard to come by. They’re ev...