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1. 10 Unfair Expectations People Place on Pastors' Wives

In many churches, the pastor's wife carries heavy burdens. Sometimes, they are impossible expectations. To be fair, this post could refer to any church staff person, male or female, so it could be calle ...

Created on 05 September 2017

2. A Godly Woman's Call to Ministry Begins With This Biblical Step

... nging ministry be done. Ministry begins at the feet of Jesus. Whether we pastor a church, teach a Sunday school class or serve in music ministry, the most important practice before we "go out" is to be wi ...

Created on 18 July 2017

3. Does This One Word Dispel the Notion That Women Cannot Teach Men?

... Ephesians 4:8 (MEV) where Paul introduces the ascension of gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher. He says that Christ "ascended on high" and "gave gifts to people." The King James  ...

Created on 10 July 2017

4. Are These 5 Pastors Among 'The Deplorables'?

Why would the former mayor of Houston subpoena sermons from five area pastors? Todd Starnes discusses the matter with Pastor Hernan Castano, one of the "Houston Five," in this Fox News clip. "We belie ...

Created on 06 June 2017

5. This 3-Word Prayer Turned a Disobedient Farmer Into a Spirit-Led Pastor

... arm, and he went on to pastor Assemblies of God churches for over 35 years. His prayer of consecration that day changed many other lives as well. I am certain that I would not have written books, lectur ...

Created on 30 May 2017

6. Trusting God With Your Divine Call—Even When People Throw Stones at You

When I married Ross, I became Athena Dean Holtz, and a pastor's wife, entering a life of living in the proverbial ministry fishbowl. While I said a wholehearted Yes to spending the rest of my life wit ...

Created on 27 April 2017

7. What a German Submarine Captain Can Teach Us About Standing Against Demonic Tyranny

The time is fast approaching when the church will need to remember the lesson of German pastor Martin Niemoller. Pastor Niemoller was a man of great courage. He had been a submarine captain before he entered ...

Created on 28 February 2017

8. What You Should Do When a Spiritual Leader Falls Into Sin—and What You Shouldn't

Note: Today is the 25th anniversary of prolific writer Jamie Buckingham's death, yet this column he wrote for Charisma in 1992 still speaks a powerful word for our culture. When Dan Rostenkowski, chairman ...

Created on 17 February 2017

9. If You Struggle to Find Your Identity in Christ, This Could Help

... ed himself as "Pastor of Central Baptist Church" or "Assistant Pastor of First Church." Suddenly, that goes away. Now, who is he? Most God-called ministers will likely find themselves "between churches" ...

Created on 02 February 2017

10. Bishop Eddie Long Dead at 63

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor Bishop Eddie Long died January 15, 2017, after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer. He was 63. In an official statement from the church, acquired by WGCL ...

Created on 15 January 2017

11. Why Settling for This in Your Life Is a Dangerous Proposition

... ryone climbing to the crest of Mount Everest. But no one ever bothered to note those who got halfway up and turned around for home. As a pastor, I'm tempted to criticize those who choose mediocrity rath ...

Created on 22 December 2016

12. How a Humble African Pastor Rocked My World

...  sacrifice sometimes puts America's well-funded evangelistic efforts to shame. I witnessed this last week when I met Donald Kuyokwa, a 60-year-old Pentecostal Holiness pastor who has done more on his shoestri ...

Created on 12 October 2016

13. Could This Be Clogging Your Spiritual Ears?

I was preaching at a church that I have been to before, so they know me quite well and enjoy the message of the Lord I bring. The pastor trusts me so much that he invited me to speak while he was out of ...

Created on 01 September 2016

14. The Surprising Reason People Leave Their Church

... e were teaching kids on Wednesday nights. It was a little overwhelming. We didn't know how to say no, so we "served" begrudgingly. Truth be told, we were both pastors' kids, and we were unsure how to fu ...

Created on 29 June 2016

15. Why Are Many Churches and Pastors Avoiding the 'S' Word?

...  continually calls His people back to Him. If you return with all of your heart (repent), He will return to you. That's a gift of the greatest value ... a promise that will never fail. Shane Idleman is ...

Created on 15 June 2016

16. Why Do Many People Despise Some Preachers?

... result of the truth being spoken in love rather than the preacher having an arrogant and judgmental heart. In a sense, a preacher is called to break the heart, a pastor to mend it; one concentrates on ...

Created on 10 June 2016

17. Good News: Once-Thriving Calvary Assembly Finds Revitalization Under New Pastor

...  million renovation, which it will do debt free. This is only one indication that the church is being "revitalized" under the ministry of Pastor Ed Garvin, who moved here from Illinois in January 2014. ...

Created on 03 June 2016

18. Beware of Fakes, Phonies and Impersonators

...  to be. They appear to be true men and women of God serving as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. But the reality is that they are merely entertainers impersonating the real thing. Jesu ...

Created on 05 June 2016

19. When Your Pastor Sins

My first pastor, "Frank,"* who was like a big brother and father to me, is in prison. I don't want to say why he is in prison, but the reason shocked me. When I found out he was in prison, my first respon ...

Created on 24 May 2016

20. Megachurch Pastor Remembers Attack That Left Him Bleeding to Death

"When I came in, he put his hand on my throat and said, 'Get the district attorney, this boy has been stabbed to death, and he'll be dead before the DA gets here.'" Pastor Bill Purvis' Southern accent swi ...

Created on 15 June 2016