Matthew D. Kim is no stranger to pain, either personally or as a pastor. In Preaching to People in Pain: How Suffering Can Shape Your Sermons and Connect with Your Congregation—which won CT’s 2022 Book Award for church and pastoral leadership—Kim encourages preachers not to avoid addressing pain…
Christian churches are unique organizations that require a unique approach to measuring their organizational culture. This chapter explains these unique organizational qualities and how these qualities affect the measurement of organizational culture in Christian churches. It then provides a review of the popular and scholarly…
This article was published in Christianity Today on April 20, 2021. View the article here. The incoming Taylor University president outlines a faith-filled, Spirit-guided approach to life’s biggest transitions. Sociologist and incoming Taylor University president D. Michael Lindsay has spent much of his career researching…
Redeeming Power is a much-needed counter to the prevailing models of ministry leadership and success. Truth be told, the leaders who have dominated the news for their moral failings have often been elevated in our seminary classrooms as models of ministry effectiveness.
This Guide has much to commend it. Wilson and Waggoner provide a helpful summary of othermodels of theological reflection. They acknowledge the complex factors involved in real-life ministry, and the importance of identifying a minister’s own beliefs, thoughts, and feelings, and how they influence ministry…
This article was published in Christianity Today on May 31, 2019. View the article here. It takes more than a pulpit to train up your people in the way they should go. The woman was patient and gracious, but clearly concerned. “Why are we showing…