pastoring

Two Kinds of Pastors

There are lots of bad ways to pastor, and one counter-intuitive good way. It’s tempting to pastor without a robust set of convictions. It’s easy to pastor while keeping an eye

A Simple Discipleship Strategy

You’re probably familiar with the Pareto principle. In general, the principle states, 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. The takeaway is to focus on the few causes that

Small Church Essentials

Most pastors serve in a small church. Even big-church pastors will probably serve in a small church at some point in their ministries. And yet small churches — and by extension, small church pastors

Identifying an Anemic Church

I wrote about anemic churches last week. A couple of commenters asked me to explain how to identify whether a church is anemic or not. Here’s my best shot. You can tell

The Anemic Church

Some churches are built on a foundation of entertainment and relevance. They need good pastors to go in and love them and feed them. It’s not their fault, at least not entirely.