Author Archives: Joe McKeever

Reforming the Deacons (Part 4):
More than 40 Acts of Service

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Joe McKeever

  By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans     Today’s post continues a series of articles concerning the ministry of deacons in the local church. To see … Continue reading →

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The Number One Failure of 90 Percent of Pastors

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. The four-year-old who says, “I can do it by myself” has a lot in common with the typical pastor. Pastors are … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 3):
Interpreting the Qualifications by the Spirit

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Read Part One Here. Read Part Two Here. There’s a danger in interpreting the Word of the Lord “by the Spirit … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 2):
How to Help a Pastor Get Better

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Read Part One Here. Here’s what happens. A few deacons fellowshipping over coffee deal with various subjects about the church. Eventually, … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 1):
Let’s Reform the Deacon Body

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. The most confused group of people in the average Southern Baptist church is the deacons. They have no idea what they … Continue reading →

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Justice vs. Mercy: Take Mercy Every Time!

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. “All I want is what’s coming to me!” Henry was being obnoxiously persistent in the church business meeting. Finally, in exasperation … Continue reading →

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10 Insights About Your Church’s Fellowship

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers…. So continuing daily … Continue reading →

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Some Churches Need to Quit Doing Evangelism

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Evangelism and spiritual harvesting are not for everyone calling themselves followers of Jesus. Fruitbearing is for the obedient. Believers aiming to … Continue reading →

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Solve 90% of Church Problems Before They Ever Exist

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. The number one reason most church problems do so much damage is that the people in the know, those charged with … Continue reading →

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Three Tough Church Situations … and what to do about them.

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. I am not a professional counselor, not an adviser of churches or denominations or pastors as such, and not an expert … Continue reading →

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