By Tim Peters More than 1,700 pastors leave the ministry every month. This staggering number includes some of the brightest, most inspiring pastors in the
"I just don’t think I can do this anymore.” Michael Wilson, program director for the Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence at Samford University in Birmingham, said
Pastor John was angry. He was hurt. “I felt like I had been sucker punched,” he said. But he had not always felt that way.
In his 28 years as director of missions for Tuscaloosa Baptist Association, Jerry Wilkins said he saw more than 50 forced pastoral resignations that could
More than 70 percent of Southern Baptist churches in the United States are plateaued or declining in membership. The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions
Explore the Bible Professor of Christian Ministries, University of Mobile Look for Spiritual Excellence Titus 2:1–15 We live in a time when we do not
Bible Studies for Life Associate Professor of Religion, Samford University Becoming a Person Others Need Proverbs 6:6–11, 16–19, 23–27 Much of the wisdom of Proverbs
In 1994, Peter Brown Hoffmeister got caught carrying a loaded, stolen handgun at his Tennessee high school. “Since the owner of the pistol didn’t want
