Posts Tagged ‘church leadership’
Letting Go of Your Burden
CONTENT WARNING: This article will be addressing sexual abuse and the church. If this is a topic that you find objectionable, please stop reading now. What I describe below is something that, until now, I have told no one other than my wife and my eldest sister. Even my parents went to their graves not…
Read MoreDid Paul Tell Women to ‘Shut Up’ in Church?
I have been somewhat taken aback by the volume of material posted over the last four or five months regarding the oppression of women in the body of Christ. To my shame, I did not recognize this was as widespread an issue as it seems to be. The pervasiveness of the issue is clearly evinced…
Read More7 Easy Tips for Offloading Your Pastor Without Firing Him
Pastoring a flock is a tremendously difficult, often-stressful undertaking. It is a vocational path one should choose only after engaging in earnest prayer, and with unwavering conviction. Various denominations govern their pastors using different frameworks, and I suppose some approaches are better, more gracious, gentler than others. But even in the best circumstances, full-time ministry…
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