Leadership
Pastors’ Daily Prayer Habits
NEWS (4/99) (RT) Most U.S. pastors pray fewer than 30 minutes a day. A study of 572 pastors by church growth expert Peter Wagner showed that 57% pray fewer than 20 minutes a day; about 34% spend between 20 minutes and an hour praying daily. Australian pastors spend 23 minutes a day praying, Joel News […]
The Ideal Church
SURVEY ASKS AMERICANS TO DESCRIBE THE IDEAL CHURCH VENTURA, Calif. (EP) — A century ago there wasn’t a lot of question about where Americans would attend church. Most people went to same church as their parents, which was the same church their grandparents had attended. Church shopping was an unknown practice. People changed churches only […]
Sizing Up The Effects Of Religion
by Edward Chinn, D.Min. ” ‘I just say I’m an Episcopalian.” That denomination is so watered- down, he says, it is perceived by the unchurched as harmless'” (column by David Boldt, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 15, 1999). Boldt quoted those words from David Larson, a researcher, who spoke at the Brookings Institution in mid-January. People […]
Why Do Clergymen Tend To Be *Sex* Offenders?
From: Jon C <> Newsgroups: uk.religion.christian Date: Thursday, 11 March 1999 7:45 Subject: Re: Why do clergymen tend to be *sex* offenders? Robert Minchin wrote in message <>… >Alasdair Baxter () wrote: >: When I look at the number of clergymen who have recently got themselves >: into trouble with the police and the criminal […]
Preaching From A Script
From: Mark Goodge <> Newsgroups: uk.religion.christian Date: Saturday, 13 March 1999 5:38 Subject: Re: A question for the preachers among us On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:41:36 +1030, “Rowland Croucher” <> wrote: >Mark Goodge wrote in message <>… >>Just out of interest, what's your usual procedure for preparing a >>sermon? >> >>Do you preach from […]
What Do You Want At Your Funeral?
From: Skell Rad <> Newsgroups: alt.atheism.moderated Date: Friday, 5 March 1999 3:15 Subject: Re: I don't want god at my funeral DAHW422 wrote: > > I went to a funeral service today in a Baptist church in Texas. Now I'm > thinking I should put specific instructions in my will as to how I want […]
Vision Statements – More Than Meets The Eye
If you are looking for the flavour of the month around many churches, go no further than the dreaming up of vision statements, the setting of goals and the identifying of measurable objectives. If you are really taking the Gospel seriously, you will surely be drafting up a directions manual for the next five years […]
Expository Preaching
By John Gaskin KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Tom Ascol, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Fla., advocated a time of honest March 12 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “Despite our accomplishments, statistics and resources of which we [evangelicals] boast, we have had very little impact upon our culture,” Ascol said. “The church has lost […]
Keeping Those Confidences
From time to time difficult moments arise for pastors because they know too much rather than too little. The trusted pastor will be the listener to many conversations where personal secrets, disappointments, failures and traumas are shared by the needy, the lonely and hurting. These confidences are often unveiled as part of a desperate search […]
Seven Secrets Of Survival For Pastors
By Cory J. Hailey FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–In a day when pastors are faltering under the pressure of ministry, a Louisiana pastor reminded students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary they can survive and even prosper if they keep the example of the Apostle Paul in mind. Forrest Pollock, senior pastor of Istrouma Baptist Church, Baton […]
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