Today’s guest post comes to us from Anne Fishel, co-founder of the Family Dinner Project, professor at Harvard Medical School, and the author of “Home for Dinner.” Each year, more than 9 in 10 Americans gather around the table with family and friends for the holidays. But only 50 percent of us eat with our family on a regular basis. That’s too bad. Twenty years of … Read More
Church is not “Cheers”
The following blog post comes to us from Alan Rudnick for BaptistNews.com. Alan is an executive minister at DeWitt Community Church and author of “The Work of the Associate Pastor”. He also serves on the Mission Council of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. “Is that we are called to do? Create a place where everyone knows your name? Did Jesus call us to build … Read More
How Pastoral Care Can Stunt Church Growth
Today’s post comes to us from Carey Nieuwhof, founding pastor of Connexus Church and author of several best-selling books, including his latest #1 best-selling work, Lasting Impact: 7 Powerful Conversations That Will Help Your Church Grow. Carey also hosts the top-rated Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast where he interviews some of today’s best leaders. Of all the mysteries that shouldn’t be mysteries, … Read More
When You’re Sick of Saying It, They’ve Just Heard It
Today’s guest blog comes to us from J.D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit Church in North Carolina and author of Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send. I once heard a story about an old grandfather sitting lazily on the porch of his country home with his grandson, his six dogs lying underneath the porch. … Read More
How going to church benefits brain and body
Today’s guest post comes to us from Charles Stone. Dr. Stone is Lead Pastor at West Park Church and founder of StoneWell Ministries. He is an award winning author and enjoys helping churches and pastors achieve their fullest potential. As a committed follower of Jesus, I’ve gone to church literally my whole life. My parents took me when I was a kid. … Read More
Some Thoughts on Reading Books and Tips to Help Cultivate Good Reading Practices
This guest blog comes to us from Al Mohler, Author and President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. I cannot really remember when I did not love to read books. I do know that I was very eager to learn to read, and that I quickly found myself immersed in the world of books and literature. It … Read More
The 48 Hour Rule
Today’s post comes to us from Steve Addison, author and church planting specialist. Steve has been a life-long student of movements that renew and expand the Christian faith. Steve began his research into Christian movements in the late 1980s while serving as a church planter in Melbourne, Australia. He carried that interest into his Doctor of Ministry with Fuller Seminary. He is … Read More
Guest blog: 10 Ways to “Jump Start” Your Personal Evangelism
Today’s guest post comes to us from Chuck Lawless, the Dean & Vice-President of Graduate Studies and Ministry Centers at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, where he also serves as Professor of Evangelism and Missions. In addition, he is Global Theological Education Consultant for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. If you’ve read my previous posts, you know … Read More
3 Myths About Evangelism (and why they cause so many problems)
Today’s guest blog comes to us from Kimberly Reisman, an author, pastor, teacher and theologian serving as Executive Director of World Methodist Evangelism of the World Methodist Council. Kim is also an Adjunct Professor at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and The School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. One Friday evening while I was doing my doctoral … Read More
How Robert Schuller Shaped Your Ministry
Today’s guest blog was penned by Warren Bird for Leadership Network. Dr. Bird serves as Director of Research and Intellectual Capital Development at Leadership Network. An ordained minister with background as both a pastor and seminary professor, he is an award-winning author or co-author of 27 books for ministry leaders. “Possibility thinker” and pioneering pastor Robert H. Schuller died April 2, 2015, at … Read More
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