1 Peter 5:3

Today, I am making connections on influence and pastoral teaching. I am hoping to expose how a domineering and controlling pastoral teaching on divorce can infect a whole network of churches if not checked. I am going to talk about how a teaching by ex-Pastor Mark Driscoll appears suspiciously alive and active in The Village … Continue reading “Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, and The Village Church Scandal”…

The Bible sometimes uses strong words about how pastors should relate to parishioners. In this post I unpack those verses.…

“You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel” (Matthew 23:24)! Jesus had many choice words for the Scribes and Pharisees. In Matthew 23, he outlined seven woes (great sorrow or di……

This post was first published in January, 2015. —ed. America’s church culture suffers from an abundance of unqualified church leaders. What’s worse, many of these mavericks preside over a form of church government incapable of restraining or disciplining them. Tragically, in many cases it’s the media that holds these leaders accountable—tragic because the media ends …

“And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.” Acts 13:22 What does it take to be a man after […]…

Bishop Eddie Long releases new book telling his story after church & Pastor Jamal Bryant will not paternity address claims in church on the same Sunday.…

Leaders need to be compassionate to manage their church. This compassion comes from God, produced by the Holy Spirit of love.…

This post was first published in January, 2015. —ed. What is the most important quality leaders can demonstrate? Intelligence, a forceful personality, glibness, diligence, vision, administrative skills, decisiveness, courage, humor, tact, or any other similar natural attribute? Those all play a part, but the most desirable quality for any leader is integrity. While integrity is …

Problems Associated with the Institutionalisation of Ministry by Warren Holyoak Warren Holyoak wrote as a Churches of Christ minister in Queensland working with a team of leaders in The Point Churc……