Let’s start there, churches don’t simply re-open, and you’re done. Re-opening is a process, and it could be a long one depending on when we finally get to the post COVID era. It requires a new leadership mindset.

As children's ministry leaders, reaching Gen Z should be our top priority.  As we equip them and teach them how they can truly make a big impact with God,  they can change their generation and who knows...maybe the entire world.

"Here is the biblical pattern for giving: see a need, give to meet it."

Pastors of the International Church of Las Vegas thanked the president for the good job they believe he is doing in the White House. Meanwhile, Joe Biden attended a much quieter service at a church he and his wife have been attending for several years now.

A notable factor in the history of the Supreme Court justices has been their religious identity. The first non-Protestant justice was appointed in 1836, but up until the 1970s, justices identifying as anything other than Protestant were seen as anomalies.

I’ve been a pastor of a church for nearly 35 years. You learn a few things along the way. Here’s an important one: people leave. It doesn’t matter what you do or what you don’t do. People can and will leave.

To use social media or to not use social media. It is not a small choice as recent research is showing there are significant downsides to being on social media: less exposure to other viewpoints, more anger, your brain being trained to read in short bursts rather than deep reading, increased anxiety, and the list continues.

If you’re a pastor, a missionary, or serve in a church, you can’t avoid discouragement, disappointment, and hurt from ministry. The Bible even uses the not-so-complimentary metaphor “sheep” to describe those we serve.