Lifeway breakfast in Anaheim offers pastors tools for processing anxiety

June 26, 2022

Whether current events have Southern Baptists on edge or on the edge of their seats, one thing is clear — many church leaders are wrestling

Mark Clifton to bivocational pastors: Don’t ‘tap out’

June 16, 2022

Mark Clifton, senior director of replanting at the North American Mission Board, said he knows those moments are going to come. “We all have those

Reassess, be vigilant, church security experts advise following latest shootings

May 30, 2022

Churches are taking another look at their security plans after a month when 10 died in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store;

Lament ‘a natural response to pain’ that shouldn’t be neglected, Clifton says

May 28, 2022

Growing up, Mark Clifton said church was always a pretty positive place. “We wanted to always be upbeat, always to be happy,” he said in

Those who lead worship must worship too, leaders told

May 19, 2022

One occupational hazard of ministry can be that it’s the minister’s “job” to lead worship, though he may not worship himself. “Sometimes we enter the

Stress tops mental challenges pastors face, study says

May 3, 2022

In the current fast-paced, high-pressure American culture, pastors are stressed and they know that needs to change, a recent study shows. According to the latest

Stress, loneliness, political division leading causes of pastor burnout

April 29, 2022

Nearly half of pastors have considered leaving full-time ministry in the last year, citing stress, loneliness and political division as the main reasons behind those