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New Podcast Released July 1, 2024 Click on the picture below or the following link to listen to the first episode of Gleaning Mustard Seeds: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2369804 Click on the picture above or the following link to listen to the first episode of Gleaning Mustard Seeds: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2369804 Question I was wondering what your experience/advice would be…
A recent question: This is one of the qualifications that tells us the reason for it: one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?) —…
What They Didn’t Teach You in Seminary: 25 lessons for successful ministry in your church, by James Emery White, © 2011 by James Emery White, Published by Baker Books, Grand Rapids, ISBN 987-4412-3219-9 On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter of the year, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which…
Frequently, I hear and read people making statements that members of the Church of Christ do things that those in other religious groups don’t do. Some have left the church to go to other groups to escape this treatment. People (elders, preachers) in the Church of Christ always…” In many, if not most Churches of…
Interim Ministry Workshop, Tuesday-Thursday March 12–14, 2024, Heritage Christian University, Florence, Alabama: Click for more information Jerrie,Is the self-study survey you use readily available? I think churches with preachers might do well to take it. What do you think? Answer I like to get information in many ways. I love criticism. That’s one way to…
I’m often asked what’s the best way to prepare for a new preacher or a new church. My answer: Do a good job leaving your former church or saying “Goodbye” to your leaving preacher. Good beginnings begin with good endings. The best model I’ve seen is this: Five Tasks of Dying I’ve used this many…
Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory, by Tod Bolsinger; InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL, © 2015 by Tod Bolsinger, ISBN 978-0-8308-7387-6 (digital) What do leaders do when their carefully laid plans have no way of working? Tod looks at Lewis and Clark when they planned to find a river to get them to…
Ross Jordan began his work with the Central Church of Christ in October 1987. Cordell Holloway, our education minister, Ross, and I met the first Monday to get acquainted and discuss how we would work together. Among many other things, Ross asked Cordell and me, “Do you want the church to grow?” Cordell replied that…
Many read Matthew 6:14, 15 and come up with the rule that a faithful Christian will forgive everyone, everything, every time. But, as John 3:16 doesn’t contain every detail in the plan of salvation, Matthew 6:14, 15 doesn’t contain all the teachings of Jesus on forgiveness. He also said: Pay attention to yourselves! If your…
Interim Ministry in Action: A Handbook for Churches in Transition, by Norman B. Bendroth, An Alban Institute Book, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Copyright © 2018 by The Roman & Littlefield Prublishing Group, Inc., (electronic) ISBN 9781538104989 This is the latest book I’ve read about interim ministry. Mr. Bendroth lays out the need, advantages, and helplessness…