Many pastors are overwhelmed with the tasks of ministry, and one tool of Satan is discouragement and depression during what he called “seasons of darkness,” said Mark Clifton.
Church leaders must build bridges of relationship with Generation Alpha, said Jana Magruder, strategic initiatives director of LifeWay NextGen. She was keynote speaker at a “Reaching and Teaching the Next Generation” event.
Churches must give attention to at least three key areas of financial life in the months ahead, noted Lee Wright, church compensation specialist for the
Lee Wright said retirement has been different than he expected, and ministers contemplating it should know that it’s more than “quitting work.”
Considering the leadership styles of fellow church leaders can help pastors serve more effectively, says Tim Coleman of FBC Winfield, a certified trainer for the Biblical DISC Assessment
Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover recently held a training event for those looking to get involved in prison ministry.
“We must seek the ways of God in all we do, even when His ways seem not to make sense,” author Richard Blackaby told those gathered for a recent event at the Billy Graham Training Center in North Carolina.
Rick Fisher met Henry Blackaby in 2006, and the “Experiencing God” author became a friend and mentor. “Henry had amazing insight,” Fisher recalled. “He looked
