by Steve Treash, Overseed Field Director The concept of “burnout” originated in the 1970’s with a psychologist named Herbert Freudenberger who used the term to describe what he saw among the volunteer staff of a medical clinic in New York City. The volunteers were young, enthusiastic and on a mission to serve the City’s poor…
There has been a noticeable decline in church attendance among younger generations, largely because many in these groups don’t trust…
By Deryk Richenburg We’ve all been there. You are welcomed to a new church, and someone comes up and asks…
I know of a small New England church that received an unexpected bequest of $5 million. The giver was an…
Like the proverbial small school quarterback who plays in the marching band at half-time, the small church pastor has to…
Bull fighters are known for wearing red capes. Most of us assume the red flag is what irritates the bull…
Imagine the headline: “Archaeologists Discover Previously Unknown New Testament Document!” The article goes on to report that the document is…
A few years ago, a friend who is a denominational executive sent me a copy of the proposed organizational structure…
Our 35 years in pastoral ministry (all at one church, in a suburb north of Boston) spanned all our child-rearing…
By Jere & Brenda Vincent, Family Builders Ministry The Advent season is often one of the busiest and most demanding times…
One of the oddest incidents in the Book of Exodus occurs when Moses’ father-in-law Jethro visits him in the Sinai…
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