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23% Of Pastors Deal With Mental Illness in 2020

23% Of Pastors Deal With Mental Illness in 2020

23% Of Pastors Deal With Mental Illness It’s common to think of pastors as perfect, but they’re human too. This statistic is important because it shows that mental illness is an area churches need to address. Not only do pastors deal with mental illness, but almost 75% of pastors knew someone (member, relative, and/or friend) dealing with …

The church as a transformation and change agent in 2020

The church as a transformation and change agent in 2020

Jerry Pillay Department of Church History and Church Polity, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa ABSTRACT This article traces the historical impact of the church in transforming, developing and changing society. It looks at how the church in selected periods in history, mainly in the reformation era, worked towards the transformation of society …

Get Ready for CHURCH Growth in 2020

Get Ready for CHURCH Growth in 2020

As a church or organization gets larger, complexity increases. That may seem obvious, but the impact of that complexity isn’t always so apparent at first. You may not realize some of the areas where you need to make changes until they start to suffer. Far too often, we just try to adjust our old systems …

Merry Christmas to ALL

Merry Christmas to ALL

10 Ways to Reach the Unchurched for Christmas The biggest mistake many churches make each Christmas is to hold a quiet Christmas Eve or Christmas Day service for members and leave it at that. That makes Christmas the biggest missed opportunity of the year. Unchurched people want to celebrate Christmas. Here are ten ways your church …

HOW to Destroy your Church in time for CHRISTMAS

HOW to Destroy your Church in time for CHRISTMAS

Here are those four simple steps that lead to a church’s self-destruction. Step 1: Reject Truth Paul warns Timothy that “They will turn away from listening to the truth.” The first step in destroying a church is turning away from what is true, losing interest in the truth as God reveals it, growing weary of …

Stats say pastors are All Miserable and Want to Quit

Stats say pastors are All Miserable and Want to Quit

The problem—it’s not true and the false report is hurting pastors and the reputation of the church and ministry. Pastors are not quitting in droves, but bad stats are certainly spreading in droves. The Problem People are legitimately concerned about how many pastors are leaving the ministry. You can hear some disconcerting numbers. The most …

The Biggest Mistakes Pastors Made in 2019

The Biggest Mistakes a Pastor Can Make in 2019

Principles: 1. Pastors should remember the Church is not their Church, and they are under God’s leadership. 2. The Church is a gathering of people, not a place. 3. A false pastor is more concerned with growth in numbers rather than with the spiritual growth of their people. 4. Pastors who fail to call their …