Category Archives: Pastors

Racism of a few besmirches all of us

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Norm Miller

by Norm Miller Norm Miller is the director of communications and marketing at Truett-McConnell College. The election of Fred Luter as the SBC’s first African-American president brought affirming nods from secular and religious media. But the racism of a few … 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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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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Bivocational Ministry, Part 8:
Challenges Bivocational Ministers Face

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Terry Dorsett

Dr. Dorsett is a bivocational pastor and church planting missionary in Vermont. He is the author of Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church and Bible Brain Teasers: Fun Adventures through the Bible. He also serves as a church planting … 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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Bivocational Ministry, Part 7:
Bivocational Pastors Sharing Leadership
Results in Healthier Churches

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Terry Dorsett

Dr. Dorsett is a bivocational pastor and church planting missionary in Vermont. He is the author of Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church and Bible Brain Teasers: Fun Adventures through the Bible. He also serves as a church planting … 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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Bivocational Ministry, Part 6:
Bivocational Pastors Must Learn to Delegate

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Terry Dorsett

Dr. Dorsett is a bivocational pastor and church planting missionary in Vermont. He is the author of Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church and Bible Brain Teasers: Fun Adventures through the Bible. He also serves as a church planting … 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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What Makes Small Churches Great Churches: Part 5: Faith

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Thomas Douglas

Dr. Thomas Douglas Pastor Parkway Baptist Church Kansas City, KS This is the fifth article in the series on the importance of small churches. The previous articles are: The Introduction (an overview and rationale for the series) Part 1: Truth … Continue reading →

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