Category Archives: Conflicts involving church leaders

Can a Whole Church Forgive a Church Leader?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Q. What does corporate forgiveness look like? Can a whole congregation forgive a church leader? A. Jim Van Yperen in his book Making Peace accurately notes that church conflicts are always about leadership. Not that all church conflicts are initially between leaders … Continue reading →

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Why Rookie Pastors Get Fired

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

An excellent read from David Murray: Why Rookie Pastors Get Fired I’m sure our dear friend, Ken Sande (over at RelationalWisdom360) would agree!

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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Parts 6 and 7): Sharing Ministry…with Friends

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

For the past several weeks I have been posting articles that interact with Dr. Thom Rainer’s research titled The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors based on his interviews of twenty-plus pastors who had been in Christian ministry for at least … Continue reading →

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Child Abuse in the Church: Justice Can Be Grace

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Since I linked over to it in today’s post on my personal blog, I thought I would share this post with you too: Child Abuse in the Church: Justice Can Be Grace Not only is this an extraordinarily important topic … Continue reading →

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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 5): Failure to Understand Basic Business and Finance Issues

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

This is Part 5 of a seven part series interacting with Dr. Thom Rainer’s research reported in his article The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors. Today’s focus is on the problems of the church being in the world—specifically, that a … Continue reading →

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One Reason Why Your Church is Losing Its Youth: Look at How (Gracelessly!) You Treat One Another

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

Just as I was posting Dave’s most recent article on “preserving your pastor,” my friend Melodee posted a link to this article on Facebook and I was struck by how much the two overlapped: Reaching Our Young People The article … Continue reading →

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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 4): Family Time

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

[This is part 4 of a seven part series on How to Preserve Your Pastor. I have organized this series around Dr. Tom Ranier’s article: The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors, in which he interviews 22 seasoned pastors. The top regret of … Continue reading →

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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 3): Failure to Exercise Faith

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

This is part 3 of a seven part series on How to Preserve Your Pastor. I have organized this series around Dr. Tom Ranier’s excellent article: The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors. The top regret of pastors has to do with the … Continue reading →

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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 2)—Pastoral Over-Concern about Critics: The Relationship Between “Fear of Man” and the Failure of Accountability

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

This is part 2 of a seven part series on How to Preserve Your Pastor. I have organized this series around Dr. Tom Ranier’s excellent article: The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors. The top regret of pastors has to do … Continue reading →

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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 1) — Lack of Practical Training for Local Church Ministry: The Problem of Misguided and Misstated Expectations

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

My three part series “How to Fire Your Pastor” sadly continues to remain the most frequently searched title that lands people on this website. I hope the title of this series will change that statistic! Recently, Dr. Thom Rainer, president … Continue reading →

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