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Your Church Already Has A Plan To Deal With Adultery
You may not be aware of this, but your church already has a plan to deal with adultery or any other major crisis. It does. On this site, I primarily deal with the crisis of a pastor leaving when he’s...
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Could Your Church Survive Without You?
It’s a question for all pastors. And think about it for a minute before you answer: “Could your church survive without you for two weeks?” Your immediate, heart-felt response is your honest answer. If...
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Pastors and NyQuil Addiction
Some of you might be laughing at the title of this post. But some of you know exactly what I’m talking about. It might not be NyQuil. It might be Tylenol PM every night to help you sleep. Or Dramamine....
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Pastors and the Batman Problem
As a Batman fan, something struck me the other day while I was watching the new hit TV show, Gotham. In my years of reading Batman and Detective Comics, why didn’t Batman/Bruce Wayne ever build a...
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Are Pastors Too Hard On Themselves?
I was on the phone recently with a pastor friend of mine from out West. He had overheard someone in his church criticize something he had said and he had taken it personally. He said something like...
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Do We Expect Too Much Of Our Pastors?
A 2001 Barna study shared the following information: “Church-goers expect their pastor to juggle an average of 16 major tasks. That’s a recipe for failure – nobody can handle the wide range of...
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PIR Ministries: Help for the Exited Pastor
When pastors leave the ministry for any reason, it is difficult for them to find resources to aid them in restoration. One of the goals of my ministry is to help pastors who have left ministry find...
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Pastor Pete Wilson and Burned Out Ministers
This past Sunday, Pete Wilson, pastor of Cross Point Church of Nashville resigned. The reason is heartbreaking but all too common – burnout. The article linked quotes him as saying, “Leaders who lead...
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What’s the Proper Response to Pastoral Burnout?
Pastor Pete Wilson of Cross Point Church in Nashville resigned last week, citing burnout. The situation gives us a chance to ask, “What’s the proper response to pastoral burnout?” Much of the response...
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The Danger of Running on Empty
When I get a chance to talk to many of my pastor friends, a lot of them are close to burnout. They’re like a car whose gas light came on forty miles ago and they’re running on fumes, hoping to make it...
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