Family, friends and partners from 40 years of ministry gathered May 19 at Macedonia Baptist Church in Ranburne to honor longtime pastor Morgan Bailey as he transitions from full-time pastoral ministry to a new season of ministry to the Church.
Religion News Service columnist G. Jeffrey MacDonald says full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. More bivocational pastors may be the solution.
Jeff Iorg shares the basic disciplines every leader should prioritize and explains how those disciplines can simplify life down to what really matters.
Pastoral ministry is about people, “and ministry can be messy because people are messy,” church consultant Dan Garland told Alabama Baptist pastors at an SBOM Intentional Leaders event earlier this month.
For some churches seeking a pastor, a staff minister who already knows the church’s vision and “the people and their heart” might be the one the Holy Spirit is preparing to lead.
“Jesus Christ has given us this Great Commission to go, because of the authority, go make disciples of all the nations. We must individually commence going.” —Rob Jackson
Success in evangelism is actually doing it,” said Matt Queen, who noted, “We’ll never see someone come to faith in Christ if we never share the gospel.”
When people come to church, they need a message that offers hope, “one that challenges [them] to make a change,” said pastor Reginald Calvert, speaking Jan. 28 during the 2024 State Evangelism Conference.
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