Healthy Pastors Leading Health Churches
Pastor Rick shared these practical reasons during his weekly webcast for pastors involved in 40 Days in the Word. You can hear the whole message at http://40daysintheword.com/webcast/. In order to keep growing, you have to have a biblical statement, a biblical strategy, and a biblical structure. Every building has a structure. … [Read more...]
Pastor Rick shared these practical reasons during his weekly webcast for pastors involved in 40 Days in the Word. You can hear the whole message at http://40daysintheword.com/webcast/. Here are seven marks of a healthy small group, based on Acts 2:42-47 (NIV): 1. Healthy small groups study the Bible. Small groups in the New … [Read more...]
Pastor Rick shared these practical reasons during his weekly webcast for pastors involved in 40 Days in the Word. You can hear Pastor Rick's full message here. We may attract attenders through preaching, but disciples are made in small groups. Small groups provide the kind of accountability and support we need to mature as … [Read more...]
A pastor must be in a small group. You need to show your congregation that small groups are so important for spiritual growth that even you belong to one. This allows you to share about your experiences, such as how being in a small group helped you during a difficult time or how the small group keeps you from becoming isolated as a … [Read more...]
There’s an unseen factor in Saddleback Church’s growth that most people overlook – church unity. God blesses a unified church. Many churches have tremendous potential, but they never achieve what God desires because the members spend all their time fighting with one another. All of the energy is focused inward. The Bible talks … [Read more...]
New situations always require new structures. A new job often requires you to learn new skills. A new relationship often requires new ways of relating. A new year often requires we re-think the way we’re doing things. Jesus said, “New wine must be poured into new wineskins”. (Luke 5:38) What are your old wineskins? Old ways of … [Read more...]
As pastors we live with the constant tension between the ideal (our dream for our church) and the real (how things actually are). Here are 10 key points I want you to remember this coming year -- 1. Ministry is a marathon, not a 50-yard dash. It’s not how you start that matters. It’s how you finish the race. Sustainability counts … [Read more...]
“Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” (Romans 5:1 NLT) Do you realize that if you’re trying to live your life without God, you are at war with him? You are at war with God, and you need a peace treaty. You need … [Read more...]
My prayer for you this week is that God will bless and anoint your ministry. I’m so thankful for your testimony of faith and obedience. For such a time as this, God placed you in leadership at your church, and he has equipped and provided you with everything you need to be the servant leader he requires for your congregation. God is … [Read more...]
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NLT) God loves you so much that he sent Jesus on a mission of love with a message of love. Christmas is a yearly reminder that God loves you. The Bible says God is love. It … [Read more...]
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