Adrenaline Fatigue is a real danger for leaders who have been working in high stress circumstances.

The following are five principles that I have had to incorporate into my leadership life. Hopefully they will be helpful those who read this article and are dealing with similar painful issues.

As Local Church leaders, we will inevitably find occasions where we must process our own grief, assist our leadership in coping with loss, and bring encouragement to the congregation under our care. 

Many of us have read Ephesians 4:12-16 and if you haven’t, stop and go read it. Here’s the thing, if you are a leader in the church, your job is to equip the people for good works.

None of us would ever admit this in public, but sometimes we can fall into the hireling mindset where we begin to think about what we do, like a job.

While the following tips may seem to be simplistic and obvious, they are the very things many pastors neglect.

Here are 5 systems that you need to develop if you want to grow.

If we wish to continue rotating on an even keel, the three components of our life, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual must rotate in balance and harmony. Any one of them, under or over-weighted, can throw us into a state of dis-equilibration.

Why do church leaders hit the wall in ministry? There are multiple reasons, but one clear factor is the pressure of self-imposed expectations.

In April of 1989, I came precariously close to ending my life.

I was in the throes of a completely debilitating depression. Totally Incapable of rational thought, very ill, and unable to help myself, I lived believing the tormenting devilish lies continuously being fed into my mind…

“You must love the people you’re speaking to.”
Print that out and tape it to your desk.  Nothing, literally nothing, will have a greater impact on the power of your preaching than that.