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Urban Centers with Momentum Ministry Partners
Launched in Philadelphia in 1998, Momentum Ministry Partner’s Urban Centers have worked to touch countless lives and communities. And ever since we launched our Los Angeles location in 2019, our scope and potential have only grown. Our Urban Center experiences allow people of all ages, but especially students, an opportunity to share...
What We Learned from Experience
What are the main things about pastoring you never learned in school or books that you have learned from experience? With deep appreciation… … to God for the church made possible by His Son, and for the grace and joy He gives to us in ministry. … to you our readers and viewers for the encouraging responses you have given to each of us....
What are the Best Things Church Staffs do Together? Not all fun and games!
Whenever two or three are gathered together, there is possible friction. And that is as true on church staffs (or volunteer teams) as it is at the factory down the street or the faculty at the college or the sports teams who fight on the practice field. What shall we do as leaders to build strong teams of people who love each...
Church Policies that Matter. No more of, “If my memory serves me right…”
Memories often drop out of service or differ with that of the longest serving board member or the “church mother” who has worked in the office over 28 years. You better get this right for the sake of unity and consistency of practice. That means no more of the “ma-and-pa church” no matter what your size. It means official adoption by...
How to Make Your Schedule as a Ministry Professional
“What do you do all week?” The junior high student who asked me that actually followed it up with, “Do you drive a school bus?” Nothing wrong with driving a school bus, of course. But the point is that some people in our church probably wonder what we do between services, and some of us may be wondering the same thing once Monday...
We Serve At the Pleasure Of…
"An Audience of One..." For ten years I loved serving on the same team with a worship pastor who was always reminding a terrific choir and orchestra and soloists and “ohh-ahh singers” (only I called them that to him) and the whole church that when all of us worshiped we should worry about—you have heard it before—an audience of one: Our...
When is Strong Leadership Abusive?
“And you must never talk to anyone about…” Probably somewhere around the time that was said by the pastor-leader, abusive leadership was happening. Abusive leadership usually demands “a cone of silence,” or a non-disclosure agreement, or whispers. And it seems to be a rapidly growing disease in church leadership. No one ever got this...
Is a Church Restart Possible?
YES There is no question. And there are some good stories of restart—sometimes by adoption or friendly takeover by a strong and healthy church, often by good changes suggested by a renewal ministry coach with fresh eyes, and always by the prayers and unselfish commitment of people. And active, productive ministry gets to be strong...
When is it Time to Leave the Church?
Maybe we are turning into negative people! We certainly hope not. Not one of the three of us is eating sour grapes or taking grouch pills. But the question and the implied dilemma are real. There are times when a pastor who really uses good common sense and waits on the Lord should leave his assignment at one church and go to another....
Sexual Identity Crisis in the Church
The sexual identity crisis in the church No room for any more jokes! Large and small pulpits have heard their share of jokes about “God did not create Adam and Steve” or something else that gets a giggle out of even the deacons. Never again. This is serious. All of us who know what our people are thinking and grappling with recognize...
