Leadership
Funny Isn’t It?
Funny how a $100 bill "looks" so big when you take it to church, but so small when you take it to the mall. Funny how long it takes to serve God for an hour, but how quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball. Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church […]
Fifteen Pointers For Ministers (And Their Families)
recounted by Ray & Anne Ortlund A successful pastor will take days off, emphasize family fun and find identity in Christ instead of the pulpit. Those are three of 15 lessons Ray and Anne Ortlund cite from their 35 years in the pastorate. "Take a day off every week," Anne advised. "We didn’t do that […]
Read The Classics
[Your king] shall… read! Deuteronomy 17:18-19. It was C.S.Lewis, I think, who coined the phrase ‘chronological snobbery’: ‘new equals better, the old is passe’. Best-selling books in our pragmatic age tell us ‘How to do it’. The classics rather ask ‘Why?’ or ‘What?’ Ruskin talked about ‘books of the hour, and books of the ages’. […]
Pussycat Church
[ReligionToday News 17 9 99) The United Methodist Church "has been reduced to a kind of pussycat church," a Houston pastor says. "We’re bringing up a generation that will offend nobody, not even the devil," William Hinson, senior pastor of the 13,500-member Houston First United Methodist Church, said. He made the remark during his keynote […]
Passion For Ministry
[Ron: we have a reciprocal arrangement with Thomas to use each others’ articles. Rowland]. Twenty-Five Ways To Lose Your Passion For Ministry… And How To Get It Back! Thomas F. Fischer, M.Div, M.S.A. Number 236 What Happened To Passion? You feel you’ve given the ministry all you’ve got. Now, after further reflection, you are resigned […]
Trauma In Ministry
Thomas F. Fischer, M.Div., M.S.A. You’ve been hurt…and hurt badly. Church conflict has worked on you. You are an emotional basket case. You are physically drained. Your energies are depleted. Your motivation is simply to survive. The pain is great and you just want to try to make it through another day. Through the experience […]
‘Capacities’
Dear Fellow-Yoked, In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus indicated that the seed which was planted could have many possible outcomes. While some seed would die, others would produce "100, 60 or 30 times what was sown" (Matthew 13:23). In our proclamation of the seed of God’s Word, we can also expect such diverse outcomes. […]
Vows Of Ordination
Mr James Castle shall say: "Dr Reid, I present Pastor Roderick John Benson for ordination as a minister of the Word." Dr John Reid, representing the Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT, shall say: "Rod Benson, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Head of the church, we meet together to ordain […]
The Definition Of Discipleship
Encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Jesus’ primary call to His disciples is seen in His words "Come to Me" (Matthew 11:28) and "Follow Me" (Matthew 4:19). Mark records: "He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them […]
Capacity To Act
Dear Fellow-Yoked, Why is it that some churches are able to follow-through with great plans while others just seem to get "stuck" following through with even the simplest of ministry initiatives? MH 255 "Capacity To Act" explores this phenomenon. This article is printed in plain text format below. It is also available at the MH […]
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