6 Keys to Staying Healthy in Ministry
Let’s face it. Pastors work long hours and deal with loads of stress. The challenges and pressures of ministry can take a toll on the body, ...
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Five Ways for Pastors to Maintain a Healthy Family-Ministry Balance
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.” Ephesians 5:25 Pastors understand the high calling of ...
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When Pastoral Stress Impacts the Family
“What should I do, Caroline? We have a new family coming to our church, and the couple has so many counselling needs that our own family is ...
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Conflict and the Care for the Pastor’s Soul
Bible college taught me how to exegete Scripture, but church conflict was the boot camp that taught me how to walk with the Lord. This is how I have ...
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Why You Should Attend a Pastors’ Conference with Your Spouse
After a whirlwind of packing, settling our children, and hugging everyone goodbye, it's just me and my husband, Scott. There's always a mental ...
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What the Church Need to Teach Fathers
For years I have been doing men’s conferences based on the exhortation in I Corinthians 16:13-14. What prompted the choice of the text ...
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When the Minister is in the Desert
“O God…my soul thirsts for you…as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.”Psalm 63:1 Did you realise ...
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Brothers, Take (and Enjoy) Your Holiday Time
I remember the first time I took a few weeks off as a Lead Pastor. I almost felt guilty. We were a small church. I had been there about a year, and ...
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Pastors Need Friends in the Local Church to Avoid the Danger of Isolation
“It is not good for man to be alone” (Gen 2:18). This pronouncement came from God at the very beginning of human history. However, there is a ...
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How to step back from being a helicopter leader
I was sitting in our adult Sunday school class a while back while our teacher led us through conversations around the book Doing Life with Your ...
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5 Reasons Your First Ministry is to Your Family
For any pastor, being a “family man” is non-negotiable. The Bible says, “He must manage his own family well, with all dignity ...
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Faithful Pastors Must Prioritise Their Marriages
Being a pastor is a strange occupation – we are expected not merely to do certain tasks for the church but also to be a certain kind of person. In ...
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