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Security at the Church – Pastorpedia
Last Sunday's shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was a tragedy. To have such a small church in a small town targeted, brings the thought to mind that this type of violence could happen in any church in any town. Here Knute Larson, former pastor of 40 years and now pastor's coach, gives practical advise on...
Please Do Not Yawn! – Preparing for the Future of Your Church
Pastors Knute Larson, Jim Brown, and Jeff Bogue talk about preparing for the future of your church. Sometimes pastors yawn when others start talking about the future. “I go a day at a time,” one pastor said to me. “Do not make me think five years from now.” Some consider vision or future plans to be sidestepping the sovereignty issues...
The Question is How We Communicate, not if We Communicate! – Pastorpedia
Pastors Knute Larson, Jim Brown, and Jeff Bogue talk about communication in church ministry.Every pastor (or leader) communicates a mood as well as content. Here are some options: I am here because I have to be and here is some boring news. Blah, blah, blah. Yada, yada, yada. And so on, and so on. Etc. I am glad to be with you people...
“Why can’t they be like we were…" Pastorpedia – Reaching the Younger Generation, September 2017
Pastors Knute Larson, Jeff Bogue, and Jim Brown talk about how your church can focus on the younger generation. “Why can’t they be like we were… …perfect in every way?” And we always went to church every Sunday. But the younger generation does not do that, and some of them give it little thought. But if the churches that are losing them...
Bring on the Kids! Church Ministry to Children – Pastorpedia – July 2017
Pastors Knute Larson, Jeff Bogue, and Jim Brown talk about how your church can have an effective ministry to children. Or so said Jesus—at least something like that. Okay, King James has it like this, “Suffer the little children to come unto me….” And sometimes they do suffer at church. Here comes our admission that we must work hard...
What’s a Woman to do in the Church? – Pastorpedia – June 2017
Pastors Knute Larson, Jeff Bogue, and Jim Brown talk about how women can be used in leadership in the church. What Can a Woman do in the Church? In the church, that is. Just wonder what it is like to preach or be on the board? The Board. For the woman who is a leader and wants to, must she switch to a mainline denomination or a...
Church Financial Integrity – Pastorpedia – May 2017
Pastors Knute Larson, Jeff Bogue, and Jim Brown talk about financial integrity in the church. Jesus told about a dishonest manager of a business who manipulated the business procedures of a company for his own gain, and then He said of us, “people of the light,” that we should be shrewd with the use of money. Not dishonest of course,...
Millennials and Our Church – Pastorpedia – Feb 2017
Pastors Knute Larson, Jeff Bogue, and Jim Brown talk about how to reach millennials.They range in age from 20-37 or so, or around that, and they probably do not care what we are saying here :-). But we care, and we all wish there were more of them at church on Sunday, or in any group of the church, or at least listening to or watching...
A Very High Privilege Indeed! – What Does "Preach the Word" Mean? – Pastorpedia – April 2017
Knute Larson, Jeff Bogue, and Jim Brown talk about what it means to "Preach the Word."Very few people stand up in a meeting and tell their friends what they should believe, or how they should live, or why they should feel a certain way. But that is what we pastors do quite regularly. We had better have a good reason and source for doing...
Money and Offerings – Pastorpedia
It goes with the territory! Quite of few of us pastors would probably list last on our job descriptions the need to help the church raise money for the regular offerings and special projects. We do not like to ask for money nearly as much as we like to ask for conversions or growth in spirit. But everyone who pastors for a decent amount...
