Church Leadership

Buffer 15 Ways Dads Can Celebrate Mom With Their Kids 1. Make a video of the kids saying what they love about mom (or fond memories) A video of your children telling mom about memories and the things they love about her is sure to be cherished forever. It doesn’t have to be long and fancy. You could even just ... Read More »

Buffer Recently we’ve witnessed a string of heartbreaking events in Baltimore. Needless to say, there are people hurting about reports of police brutality in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray (spelled by some as Freddy Gray), Baltimore’s riots, questionable news coverage, and immense amounts of discourse around the nation from Dr. Ben Carson, to President Obama, to former Baltimore ... Read More »

Buffer We can always learn from the helpful articles for church leaders that we find on the web. You are doing yourself a disservice by not taking advantage of the many resources at your finger tips. I thought I would help by putting together a few helpful articles for church leaders I have read recently. Leave a comment an let me ... Read More »

Buffer Does anyone really care about a list of “25 Ways to Encourage Your Pastor”? If not, I think they should. Taking action on this post could breathe life into your pastor like never before. Recent news reports have focused on pastors engaged in various moral failures, while others stand in the middle of disputes over the new religious freedom laws ... Read More »

Buffer If you serve in a local church, you’ve unquestionably seen certain characteristics of a leaderless church. They are everywhere. These characteristics (unfortunately) fuel the decline of thousands of churches around North America. They exhaust pastors day after day and reduce their ministry satisfaction. Pastors have a tough job. They carry the weight of spiritual responsibility, pastoral care and directional clarity. ... Read More »

Buffer I remember a joke I heard during a missions conference in Guatemala. The speaker said something like this: “For where two or three ethnic groups have gathered together, there will be conflict.” When you get down to it, this joke contains a lot of truth. Differences will exist in all churches, but this especially holds true in multi-ethnic churches. Here ... Read More »

Buffer The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is an organization that serves pastors and churches by helping them to engage with pressing issues they face such as religious liberty, racial reconciliation, and many other prominent ethical issues of our day. Because of this I wanted to provide some powerful ERLC Summit Quotes from their conference speakers this year to give ... Read More »

Buffer Worship leaders often feel like life would be much different if only the pastor understood how they felt. Many worship leaders tend to be people pleasers. They don’t want to “rock the boat” by pointing out what they truly need. In some situations, the pastors are so busy and overwhelmed that have no clue about what challenges a worship leader is facing. Both the worship pastor/leader ... Read More »

Buffer Will Graham (@TellaGraham) currently serves as Vice President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), in addition to providing leadership and oversight at The Cove training center in Asheville, NC. Following in the footsteps of his father Franklin Graham and grandfather Billy Graham, Will passionately preaches the Gospel and shares Christ’s love with those around him. He has traveled around ... Read More »

Buffer Bryan Loritts ( @bcloritts ) is a husband, father, and the pastor of preaching and mission at Trinity Grace Church in New York City (he previously served as the Lead Pastor at Fellowship Memphis in Memphis Tennessee). He is a powerful speaker who is deeply passionate about multi-ethnic ministry and church life. He also serves as the director of Kainos, a multi-ethnic ... Read More »