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Missionary Interview – Ridge Burns of American Missionary Fellowship

Ridge Burns is a unique guy. First he's unique, because he's the only person who I've known that has worn the same style of red shoes (yes, red) for a quarter of a century. Second, he's unique because he le... Read More...

How to Welcome Church Visitors

When visitors come to church, what do you do with them? What should you do with them? While nearly every church wants church visitors, the issue of what to do once they come to church is sometimes a perplexing ... Read More...

Does Your Church Need to Die?

Churches are dying. Today, at least ten churches will die. Today, fifty pastors will resign or retire. As a whole, the church appears to be on the decline. Fifty years ago, so the aged saints intone, church... Read More...

The Comparison Circus – A Guest Post by David Kraft

Dave Kraft has kindly contributed the following article, "The Comparison Circus," to the blog. Dave serves as the Pastor of Coaching and Leadership Development at Mars Hill Church along with Mark Driscoll a... Read More...

Cinesamples Voxos Review – Choral Library PowerHouse for the Worship Leader

If you are a worship director, choir director, worship leader or music pastor at your church, then you need to get your hands on the new Voxos Choir library from Cinesamples. With this advanced sampling techn... Read More...

Four Perennial Dangers to the Church – Guest Post from Dane Ortlund

Today's guest post is from Dane Ortlund. Dane lives in Wheaton, Illinois, where he serves at Crossway Books, as the Senior Editor in the Bible Division. He blogs at Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology, and has cont... Read More...

What is “missional,” why it’s a big deal, and how you should respond

Someone asked me the other day, "So, can you tell me what 'missional' is?" My mind raced, and I hesitated for a second. I knew what missional was. In fact, I hear the word, read the word, and often use the ... Read More...

Interview with Jud Wilhite

Last month at the NewSpring Leadership Conference, Sharefaith was able to interview Jud Wilhite, lead pastor at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. Jud pastors a huge church (over 16,000) in a tough cont... Read More...

How Busy Should the Pastor Be?

Busyness is endemic to leadership. Since most leaders are goal-oriented, type A, driven personalities, they have a propensity to pile too much on their plate, and then get sick trying to stuff it all down. ... Read More...