A prescription for perseverence

Our role is to put our feet into the water, He will provide the wind and create the way forward.

Have you noticed? ABNWT pastors are gritty. You’ve combined passion and perseverance to find a way through the adversity, trauma, and threats of a pandemic. Resilience is what gives grit its elasticity, which is why RESILIENT is a good choice for the word of the year in 2021.

Preparing for an avalanche of mental health issues in 2021.

Four essential ingredients to self-care.

When faced with continuous criticism, health concerns, stress, opposition, or discouragement, resilience is how well a pastor can adapt to the events in her or his life. Resilience is the secret sauce of pastoral fitness.

A call for authenticity in the life of the believer.

The source of fatigue may not be physical. It is imperative that we learn to find rest for our soul.

Imagine if 75% of your church were actively engaged in the discipling of pre-Christians and Christians? What a day that would be.

The average person has no idea what next steps to take to connect into this congregation and what the destination (being a part of the church) might look like. It’s up to us as leaders to create clear and obvious next steps for them.

I’ve asked a similar question to pastors who have seen their ministries and churches grow over the years … “what is one reason you can think of as to why your ministry grew?” Their answer shocked me.

If you want to your organization to grow, you have to grow as a leader. The kicker is that the law of the lid eventually applies to every leader. Every leader will become the lid to their own organization.

The question becomes, “if I have to leave forever in 4 weeks, who in this church/ministry will take over the leadership?” Whether you know the answer to that or not, here are 9 ways you can begin to develop leaders in your church starting today.

It’s never fun to realize that there were things that you thought were working, actually weren’t working. The recent pandemic exposed weaknesses and brought out realizations amongst churches and church leaders all over the world.

A personal challenge coming from COVID 19 and the racism issue.

Phase Four of the COVID-19 crisis is bringing extreme pressure to bear on Pastors. What do I do when I don't know what to do?

Sharing Seven practical ideas of how the pastor and church may respond to those who are grieving and cannot find closure because of COVID-19.

Pastors made great use of Phone Trees to connect with their congregation. With plans formulating to return onsite, now is not the time to chop down your phone tree. Not now, or ever.