Why should I encourage my Pastor? Some answers from Spurgeon
October is Pastor Appreciation Month, an opportunity for churches and individual church members to actively encourage and express gratitude to those who serve Christ Jesus faithfully in the local church. While there is always an inherent danger in designating a…
Appreciating Your Pastor Pt.3: Praying for Your Minister on a Monday
Monday mornings are a strange beast for many serving pastors. The services, to which they have pitched and pointed much of the previous week, are now past; their preaching is done and another week beckons. For some pastors this is…
Appreciating Your Pastor Pt.2: Honest Talk about Pastoral Challenges
Pastors and Mental Health By far and away the biggest issue that puts church leaders out of ministry altogether is poor mental health. A piece of research by Lifeway in 2022 said over 1 in 4 pastors had struggled with…
Appreciating Your Pastor Pt.1: Cultivating Unseen Care
October is Pastor Appreciation Month, an opportunity for churches and individual church members to actively encourage and express gratitude to those who serve Christ Jesus faithfully in the local church. While there is always an inherent danger in designating a…
Five Ways to Help Your Pastor to Rest
In recent weeks we have been considering the concept of rest – its vital importance physically, its Christ-centred blessing spiritually, and its hope-engendering power eternally. As this series of articles draws to a close, it seems fitting to think about…
How Can Seminaries Help Pastors with Lifelong Learning?
Theological education and doctrinal formation are at the heart of healthy ministries and healthy churches. In our present series of articles, we have asked Dr Davy Ellison, Director of Training at the Irish Baptist College, to answer some key questions…