One of the main objectives of my recent sabbatical leave was to start working on a project with my friend and fellow pastor, Shawn Bergen. Shawn and I crossed paths five years ago when he served on staff of a church in our area. Within a year, through some…
Many pastors and church leaders think that any effort to lead a church back to more radically biblical health is a fool’s errand and should only be attempted by…well, by fools. Sometimes this sentiment is fueled by pastoral and ecclesiological naivete. There is no perfect church and even the…
The rationale behind the resolution on integrity in church membership is that too many of our churches are spiritually sick and ready to die. Indeed some of them may already be dead but simply haven’t bothered with having a proper funeral, yet. Over the next two weeks or so…