Oh, “you have big shoes to fill” has been uttered through the vocal chords of church members for decades without a scriptural filter to stop it. Both seasoned and unseasoned pastors have been on the receiving end of the “sharp” message meant to acknowledge what was...
I’m sure my context is different than others after serving in student Ministry for just shy of 25 years. I felt God’s call to be a pastor and have served in that role for more than a year. The last place I served for ten years. It would be considered a larger...
All churches have a history, but FBC Tishomingo has a peculiar one. In July 1993 a team from our church went to serve in Florida to help rebuild houses after Hurricane Andrew. North of Tampa they encountered rain and one of the vans flipped over on a slick road. Of...
For pastors there is always something else to do, somebody to visit, somewhere to go. A pastor must learn to prioritize the tasks of each week. Each week presents new challenges. Pastors are faced with committees, budgets, crises, buildings, family, and the...
Through the pulpit, a pastor can lead the church by how he preaches. People will remember how we preach long after they forget what we preach. Passionate preaching of the Word of God teaches church members to value the Word in their own lives and demonstrates that the...
Children’s ministry looks different than it did a decade ago. The strategies we should be using today are not the same as they were at the turn of the century. Recent studies show that anywhere between 58% and 67% of Christian parents today choose a church with their...
More than Mission Minded, more than supportive of Missions, Jesus said to the early church leaders, “GO make disciples of all nation…” Mt.28:19. Most Pastors I know do encourage the church to pray and give towards missions. Putting our spiritual “boots on the ground”...
As a fellow Oklahoma Baptist pastor I am writing to encourage you to consider a ministry Oklahoma Baptists have been engaged in for 50 years. Disaster Relief. I have been participating in Disaster Relief for the past 9 years and I have been blessed by the...
The cultural landscape has changed in the last decades. The eve of Y2K (April 20, 1999) saw the shooting and media involvement at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Thirteen people were killed, and twenty were wounded. Obviously, Columbine was not a church...
People can be so sweet. But sometimes in masses, they are a lot to handle. Just too much. Too many questions. Too much interest. Too much advice. Too many words. Too many needs. Too many opinions. Too much. The way I respond to other people is more about what’s going...
