Notable Voices and the Week in Review: December 24, 2016
Eleven Vital Steps to Minimize Risk of Child Sex Abuse in Your Church
Multi-Site Church for the Rest of Us, featuring Jimmy Scroggins
Seven Commitments of Renewal Every Church Leader Should Make for a New Year
Young Influencer List, December 2016
How to Kill an Ineffective Program or Ministry
A Christmas Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Nativity Story? — Tim Challies
How well do you know the nativity story? This short quiz is designed to help you find out! It poses 25 quick questions based on the Bible’s accounts of Jesus’ birth. Take the quiz, share the quiz, enjoy the quiz! Best of all, let the quiz take you to the Bible to read more about this miraculous story.
How To Avoid A Family Meltdown This Christmas — Carey Nieuwhof
Usually by the time you actually get to Christmas Eve or Christmas morning, most adults are simply worn out. And church leaders are often especially exhausted. So here’s the question. When you’re exhausted like that, what’s it like at home?
Why You Need a Sermon Calendar and How to Make One — Brandon Hilgemann
You might get away with winging it for a while, but eventually, you will either burn out or fail to reach your God-given potential. If you still need convincing, here are four reasons you need an annual preaching calendar, and how to make one.
7 Ways God May Tell a Pastor to Leave a Church — Karl Vaters
Do I stay, or do I go? It’s one of the toughest questions a pastor has to face. Pastoring isn’t easy. There will always be difficulties to address and bad history to overcome. But most pastors are in it for the long haul.
7 of the Most Frustrating Things Pastors Experience — Ron Edmondson
Like most jobs, there are frustrating things about the job. Leadership deals with people – different people, with different expectations, demands and opinions. And, anytime there are differences in people there will be frustrations. This is true even among people who love each other greatly.
What Grieving People Wish You Knew at Christmas — Nancy Guthrie
“Happy Thanksgiving!” “Merry Christmas!” “Happy New Year!” As the end of the year approaches, everywhere we turn someone is telling us we should be happy. But for those who’ve recently lost someone they love, the holidays can seem more like something to survive than to enjoy. The traditions and events that can add so much joy and meaning to the season are punctuated with painful reminders of the person we love who is not here to share in it. Many have wished they could find a quiet place to hide until January 2./blockquote>
