Evangelism • Leadership • Missiology • Church Health
I spend much of my time with seminary students, but I also spend time with young men who have been raised in church, but who aren’t preparing for ministry. Often, I connect with this group when I speak in collegiate ministries or serve as an interim pastor. Many of these young men, I’m learning, struggle with church.
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I know this post proposes a ministry lifestyle that is difficult to establish and maintain, but I state my position that I’ve taught my students for more than two decades: you should never do ministry alone.
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On April 1, 1981, I began my ministry as a full-time pastor. Here are some lessons I wish I had known then:
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My assessment is that many, if not most, churches have no intentional, strategic plan in place to disciple believers. Illustrating an image I use…
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Later this week, I will celebrate my 49th spiritual birthday as a follower of Jesus. I will always be grateful for that church in Ohio…
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I believe in mentoring. In fact, around my office are numerous pictures of students I’ve mentored through the years. I’m grateful for each one…
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Early in my Christian walk, I was not discipled well. I struggled, and I struggled alone most of the time. That’s one of the…
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I have written in the past about the importance of making disciples through mentoring (e.g., see these blogs [here and here] and books [here and here]). To be…
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Yesterday in our continuing series on healthy churches, I gave you a quiz about whether your church is an evangelistic church. Today, I ask…
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If you learned today your family will be having a baby, you would get the nursery ready by painting the walls and buying the…
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