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Expository vs. Expositional Preaching: Navigating the Differences for Effective Ministry

What is the difference between expository and expositional preaching? As a preacher, you have probably heard these terms thrown around a time or two. But what do they really mean? In this article, you will discover the differences between expository and expositional preaching, the key benefits and drawbacks, plus practical…

Paul L'EcuyerJuly 12, 2024

Encouragement Leadership

How to Empower Church Members to Lead Small Groups

Small groups are vital for your church. The significance is so great that many churches have decided to become a church of small groups instead of a church with small groups. Here, we see a church of small groups defined as, "A church of small groups will typically look to the small…

Lynsey L'ecuyerNovember 15, 2023

Leadership

6 Ways to Develop Leaders Within Your Ministry

Developing leaders within your church and organization is essential to growth. This means being secure enough to let go of control and delegate responsibilities to others. You can’t do everything, and you can’t expect people in your church to have all the necessary skills, experiences, and education to do a…

Paul L'EcuyerAugust 7, 2023

Encouragement Leadership

7 Struggles of Ministry That Aren’t Talked About Enough

Ministry is an extreme sport. Think about it. It can get tough on you, you could sustain some serious injuries, emotional, psychological, and spiritual ones. Your body could shut down as well! It can be thrilling and adrenaline-fueled. You can live the highest highs and the lowest lows. Knowing you’re…

Stephan CotéSeptember 29, 2022

Leadership

12 Ways Pastors Can Create a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Pastoral burnout, moral failure, and resignations are at an all-time high. Why aren’t these pastors overflowing with the love, joy, and peace of the Lord in their lives, families, and ministries? What are the causes of their emotional problems and moral failures? A major factor is overwhelming ministry stress and…

Kevin BordeauxSeptember 22, 2022

Encouragement Leadership

11 Pros and Cons of Bi-vocational Ministry

Bi-vocational ministry is not the plague. It’s not the end of the world as you know it. It’s not a perfect situation either. There are pros and cons to it. At least 11 of them! I am not writing this article out of research only. I have lived many years…

Stephan CoteSeptember 15, 2022

Leadership

How to Create a Healthy Church Culture

Peter Drucker once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast every time.” One of the hardest issues to fix within a church is a culture problem. Culture is the norm of behaviors in a group of people. It’s how they solve problems, resolve conflicts or even interact. We’ve all been to…

Kevin BordeauxSeptember 1, 2022

Leadership

17 Resources Every Church Leader Didn’t Know They Needed

Church leaders are bombarded by so many resources in our current digital age. Sometimes it is hard to know which ones are relevant, needed, or even worth the time. And there are resources out there that most church leaders don’t even know they need. These “unfelt needs” resources can be…

Kevin BordeauxAugust 25, 2022

Leadership

How to Make Your Online Congregation Feel Cared For

For many pastors, an online congregation is just a service that needs to be offered. It is not understood as an essential part of their church life. The online service is there to help volunteers who can’t make it to church or to accommodate out-of-town folks. But what if your…

Stephan CoteAugust 9, 2022

Leadership

9 Time Management Mistakes Every Pastor Makes

Time – It’s a nonrenewable resource. It is absolute in its essence. You can measure it yet, and most don’t know how much of it exists. Many waste it, and few invest it. You can’t control the amount of it, but you can bend the influence of it. This is…

Stephan CoteJune 28, 2022

Leadership

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