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Rubbin’ Off by Lance Rogers
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on September 7th, 2009
Rubbin’ Off
1 Cor. 15:33 …”Bad company corrupts good character.” Paul’s Holy Spirit inspired way to warn the believers to not let the resurrection rejecters “rub off on them.” A time honored principle most often used to ward us away from that which we need to be wary of its influence. Read the rest of this entry »
An Equal and Opposite Reaction by Greg Mcallister
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on August 31st, 2009
In Lawrence Luckinbill’s one-man show about Lyndon Johnson, he recounted the president’s reaction to a flowery introduction: “Whenever I’m introduced like that, I always wish my parents were alive to hear it; because my father would have enjoyed it… and my mother would have believed it.”
I have a tendency to fish for compliments. Read the rest of this entry »
A Favorite Ministy Area by Rick Morris
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on August 24th, 2009
Developing a staff and ministry team has probably been one of my favorite area’s in church planting. Read the rest of this entry »
Building A Team That Grows Together – Jason Taylor
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on August 17th, 2009
When I moved to Yuma, Arizona to start what is now The Vertical Church, my team consisted of Jesus, me, myself, and I. But I knew from the start that to grow as a pastor and for our church to grow, I would have to start recruiting and building a team that grows together. Read the rest of this entry »
The Discipleship Cycle – Jay Baines
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on August 10th, 2009
When I think of a model for the developing pastor, I am drawn to study the relationship and writings of the Apostle Paul and Timothy. Read the rest of this entry »
Building Mature Men- By Dr. Randy Sawyer
Posted by jimmy in The Developing Pastor on August 3rd, 2009
Developing spiritually sensitive men has been the challenge of every age, none more so than today. With the moral free-fall of western society so blatant, the cry of competing truth claims so deafening, and the failure of church leaders to exemplify godliness so obvious, the community of faith has been left without a spiritual compass. Read the rest of this entry »
Staff Development (Jimmy Holbrook)
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on July 6th, 2009
Ten years ago when I took the pastorate of my current church I was 29 and had a lot to learn. One of the areas that I had no experience with was staff. At the time the church only had two full time positions and I had one of them as the youth pastor. Read the rest of this entry »
Laymen’s Revival (Dave Thomas)
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on June 22nd, 2009
If I could, I would like to share with you all something that we did last month with some of the men at the church, that had a great impact on the whole church family, and especially on the men who participated and myself, as the pastor. I had heard of people having a “Laymen’s Revival”, with the well qualified men of the church bringing the messages for each of the services. Read the rest of this entry »
Little Things (Bill Hayes)
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on June 15th, 2009
D.L. Moody said, “”There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.”
Preachers, even good ones, are a dime a dozen. Read the rest of this entry »
Training Teachers Takes Time (Jeff Blair)
Posted by Guest Contributor in The Developing Pastor on June 8th, 2009
Actually, the title is a bit misleading. The truth is, training good teachers takes time. It doesn’t take much time at all to train a mediocre or crummy teacher. But if we want capable teachers in our classrooms (or small groups, or whatever you’re calling your thing these days) it’s going to take time. Read the rest of this entry »
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