Notable Voices and the Week in Review: April 29, 2017
Five Common but Unreasonable Requests Church Members Make of Pastors
Finding Unity in Worship Styles featuring Mike Harland – Rainer on Leadership #322
15 Really Strange Reasons Not to Attend Church
Four Elements of a Successful Podcast
How to Make Your Ministry Résumé Stand Out – Rainer on Leadership #323
5 Major Reasons Church Giving Declines — Art Rainer
God has designed us, not to be hoarders, but conduits through which His generosity flows. And this generosity should be evident by the way we give to our local church. Unfortunately, churches often experience a reduction in giving. Their members and attendees withhold or reduce their giving. Why does this happen? Here are a few reasons to consider:
7 Commandments For Every Young Student Pastor — Danny Watterson
For many young student pastors, this might be your first or second full-time role in ministry. There are so many things that you’ll face in this role that will challenge your faith, test your patience, and inspire you to be all that you can be as a leader of the next generation. Here are a few tips that will help in the earlier stages of your ministry path.
Strategic Reasons to Starts a Second Service — Cody Deevers
Our church launched on January 8th this year in an elementary cafeteria. We spent the previous eighteen months incubating at our sending church, meeting new people, building a core team, launching three community groups, letting our service teams practice at a sister church, and holding three preview services. This Easter we launched our second service. We have multiplied our services long before most would expect and here is why:
3 Indications of Really Bad Leadership — Eric Geiger
While David was the king who was a man after God’s own heart, his predecessor was a king after the people’s heart. God’s people, living in the land the Lord had graciously given them, wanted a king because every other nation had a king. They rejected God as their true King to trade Him for an earthly one. So after their continual begging, God said, “Fine, here you go. Here is Saul” (1 Samuel 8:18-22). As expected, Saul proved to be an unfit and an unfaithful king who disobeyed God and continually led for himself in the power of his own self. Living under his leadership was painful. With Saul in mind, here are three indications of really bad leadership.
8 Ways the Internet Can Hurt the Church — Chuck Lawless
I’m grateful for the Internet. Via it, we can find available resources, communicate with missionaries, train international believers, and evangelize the global lost. On the other hand, here are some ways the use of the Internet has hurt the church:
13 Truths for the Congregation of a Fallen Pastor — David Murray
It’s not a time for beating around the bush, for denial, for forgetting, for “putting it behind us,” or for “moving on.” Instead God’s all sufficient and all-suitable Word should be applied skillfully to the specific wounds inflicted by this sin. A series of sermons should touch on the following subjects:
