I spent 13 years of my life in student ministry and I loved every single one of those years. As a student pastor, you get a front row seat to watch the Holy Spirit work in magnificent and sweeping ways in the lives of your students. Yet, it wasn’t just the students that God was […]
This week we talk with Josh King, pastor of 2nd Baptist Conway, Arkansas. We talk about many aspects of guiding a ministry well: leadership, casting vision and navigating culture. Yet, my greatest takeaway from this interview was soaking in the fact that God loves us. Josh came to Christ, in part, because of a church […]
Raising up leaders is never easy. There always seems to be a demand to raise up leaders now or the push to find the right guys to put in place for the future. Then once you find the right person, what do you do to get them to a place where they are prepared for […]
Years ago I heard a phrase from JD Greear that has been one of the few quotes that have stuck with me for more than a few weeks: You replicate what you celebrate. Simple phrase but it is a profound reminder – what we make a big deal out of in our ministry will be […]
In the past 17 years I have had the opportunity to lead some amazing teams – both within the church as a student pastor and outside of the church in various para-church organizations. While I am certainly no expert with a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership, I have learned quite a bit about leading people and […]
With a new year comes plenty of new resolutions to take steps to make us better. Some of us want to eat better, workout more, spend more time with family or to distance ourselves from technology. Others have made more of a spiritual commitment to study Scripture or read more theology & Christian living books. […]
