Lessons from Churches in Pain
Assess your ministry context to see if any of these four causes of ministry pain are impacting your spiritual work and worship.
The Spiritual Gift of Doubt
Someone with the gift of discernment inserts an element of “doubt” about how things appear on the surface.
Strange Providence: Pondering Sovereign Coincidences in Church Life
Commonly mistaken for coincidence or chance, we don’t always recognize the Divine significance behind so-called “coincidences” in church life.
Church Cover-Ups and The Insidious Danger of Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy, plainly stated, is activity geared to look better than we are and to hide reality where we fall short.
Jenga Churches: Many Ministries Are Playing a Dangerous Game
The hidden fractures in many churches have become visible fissures. Can churches regain their stability in such an unstable situation?
When Churches Eat Their Own*
A divisive doctrinal controversy gained a foothold in a previously placid congregation. Sides were chosen. The bulk of the church divided. Confusion hung in the air.
How Does a Church “Fall”?
Like Eutychus falling out the window while Paul preached, church falls can leave a ministry flat on its back, the Spirit completely quenched, unless Jesus does a miracle of healing.
Ministry Meltdowns: Revisiting Paul and Barnabas’ Dispute over John Mark
As damaging as all the ministry schisms are in modern day churches, they do not compare to the potential damage done on the early Church by the dissension between Paul and Barnabas over John Mark
Does Your Church Need a Covid Reset?
Dormant illnesses in your church body, long overlooked, can become crippling under COVID’s duress.
When Congregational Meetings Go Awry
Why discipline Moses over his angry response (striking the rock rather than speaking to it) and what can Christian leaders learn from it about sinful reactivity in congregational meetings?
Church Leadership Blind Spots Lead to Wrecked Congregations
It could be that Jesus has brought a disciplinary “sword” into your congregation because church leaders have a blind spot.
3 Instances When Mediating Church Conflict Does Not Work
Conflict in churches is as common as it is in the families that make up those churches. However, there are cases where a traditional mediation approach to church conflict will fail to gain the desired result of peace.
What the Mainstream Media Gets Right and What it Means for the Church
Don’t hate on the on the mainstream media. God wants us to hear the media’s message and realize the implications for the Church.
Satan’s Role in a Church Crisis: Instigator of Spiritual Warfare or Instrument of Divine Discipline?
We cannot escape the conclusion that God sometimes uses Satan to release a spirit of “ill will” within or against congregations.
Speak No Evil: Should Churches Use Non-Disclosure Agreements?
For all the good of limited scope NDAs, they have often been used as a form of domination and keeping sin in the dark.
6 Things to Consider When Shopping for a Healthy Church
Most corporate ill health operates behind the scenes, hidden from the eyes of visitors on Sunday morning. But there are signs of health you can discern in a couple of visits.
Wasting a Pandemic
Whether COVID 19 is a harbinger of the plagues in Revelation, we do not know. But it shines a light on the Divine purpose of plagues that has gone completely overlooked.
Ravi Zacharias: Another of the Mighty Has Fallen!
As part of a consulting ministry that works to heal churches from devastating internal crises, the moral failure of a Christian leader is, sadly, a familiar scenario.
When Healing Our Land is a False Hope
When God orchestrates painful events, He has an issue with and message for the church (or nation) in question.
The Temptation We All Face in 2021
Our time in or under God’s Word is to be primarily a relational exercise, not a mental one.