How do you get the word out about your church: Yellow Pages, newspaper, direct mail, door-to-door, street preaching, block-party, service projects? Most churches want their communities to know they exist and get a certain impression of them. We covered some of this in Basic Training and the Nehemiah Project of the SBC, but I want [...]
With all the discussion about a pastor’s sermon preparation and preaching, I thought I would throw out a quote from another pastor, and then give a few relevant book recommendations. The quote is from Thomas Murphey, a Princeton Theological Seminary grad. and Presbyterian minister from the nineteenth century. His book, Pastoral Theology is a great [...]
Two for the weekend. The first is of a sign at a liquor store down the street from my house. Obviously I am not promoting the beer advertised on the sign (Strohs?!) The second is a picture for my wife. She rarely sees me dressed up.
Be sure to check out Steve’s Friday Photo, and the [...]
Yesterday I read Steve Sjogren’s article encouraging pastors to spend less time preparing to preach their own messages, and to simply repackage the sermons of other, more popular pastors. Ray Van Neste responded with biblical bewilderment and took on the ideas of pride and performance. I asked what some of you thought and the response [...]
I have heard of churches/gatherings who creatively read old sermons as the preaching for their services. Everyone knows this is not original material, and they happen to enjoy going through classic sermons. This was done in a couple of churches that were without a pastor, but wanted to be fed. I’m cool with that.
I have [...]
I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship, husband to Jen, Dad to Katherine, Elias and Madeline - and the short, bald guy in Starbucks writing in a Moleskine journal.
