Pastoral Leadership

“If the Bible’s message about human depravity teaches us anything, it warns that no one is exempt from a fall. All are capable of the sins that’ve turned our stomachs the past year.” - Facts & Trends

“I would love for all followers of Jesus to come to a better understanding of 1 Timothy 3:2; not just for my sake, but for the overall health and sanctification of Christ’s body. To that end, I am thankful for the faithful and gracious teaching of Dr. Thomas Schreiner in the video below.” - John Ellis

“How can a pastor who is not lazy find himself accused of just that? The accusation, undeserved, arises from two sources: first, from a difference of opinion about what a pastor’s workday should look like, and, second, from an unfortunate but correctable lack of self-awareness on the part the minister.” - Ref21

“Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, which employed Feltner as an adjunct professor before the allegations came to light, suspended him Wednesday… Feltner is senior pastor of Berean Baptist Church, a non-Southern Baptist congregation in Burnsville [MN].

“Here are five simple suggestions for keeping your church safe in this area” - SBC Voices

“In a statement released Sunday (Nov. 3), the church elders found MacDonald was prone to anger, ‘had a pattern of improperly exercising positional and spiritual authority over others to his own advantage,’ and sought to profit from the church’s ministry.” - RNS

“Earnestness is the demeanor that corresponds to the weight of the subject matter of preaching. The opposite of earnest is not joyful but trivial, flippant, frivolous, chipper.” - John Piper

“Serving on a pastoral search committee is a tough assignment tasked to church members who may not have interview training or anything to go off other than their personal preferences for a new pastor. As such, most pastors have had their fair share of interesting search committee experiences.” - Facts & Trends

“In the interpretation of the responses, the study authors articulated five things that contribute to stress and, one could argue, be correlated to mental illness in clergy.” - Church Leaders