Sermon Writing Ideas & Church Leadership Insights

Preaching Without Notes – A Step-By-Step Guide

Maybe you’ve heard these two famous ways to start preaching without notes: "Pray, and God will download your message to you. You’ll be able to preach without notes. Period." That was the first "wise counsel" I received when I asked how to preach without notes. It didn't really help me.…

Stephan CotéJuly 28, 2022

man reading the bible and writing a sermon

Preaching Tips

How to Write a Sermon: The Ultimate Step By Step Guide

Have you ever wondered how to write a sermon? It can be daunting. I know the importance and the responsibility of communicating the Word. In the last three decades, I have been honored with the privilege to preach to small and large crowds, communicate to kids and adults, and teach…

Stephan CotéJuly 26, 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 CotéJune 28, 2022

Leadership

7 Symptoms of a Dying Church & How to Address Them

Churches have a life cycle, just as any living thing has a life cycle. They experience the seasons of birth, growth, plateau, decline, and death. It is important for a church to understand this and embrace this fact so they can know what season they are in and how to…

Kevin BordeauxJune 23, 2022

Encouragement Leadership

8 Things They Don’t Teach You in Seminary

Seminary has great significance in helping a pastor understand how to dissect the Bible in a scholarly way. It will increase critical thinking skills, teach you to work with deadlines and expose you to brilliant minds. However, there are things that seminary doesn’t teach you. Why? There isn’t enough time…

Kevin BordeauxJune 21, 2022

Sermon Ideas

How to Honor Moms During Your Mother’s Day Church Service

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and you want to honor moms at church on that day. That’s a good idea. Mother’s Day is one of the most attended church services in the year. Before you read about a few ideas, think about this though. There is no one…

Stephan CotéApril 25, 2022

Leadership

13 Outstanding Church Leadership Training Programs

As a church leader, you’re always on the lookout for the best resources out there and the best people that could fit in different ministerial roles. After all, if a church may start out well on the talents of a few, it will only be built and grown on the…

Stephan CotéApril 22, 2022

Leadership

Top 12 Conferences of 2022 for Church Leaders

Christian conferences have changed over the last few years. Some were put on hold due to the pandemic, while others pivoted to become only virtual. But, one thing is for sure, many pastors and church leaders are sincerely hoping 2022 will be the year of grand (re)openings of such significant…

Stephan CotéApril 21, 2022

Preaching Tips

The 6 Signs of a Really Bad Sermon

There is nothing worse than feeling like your time has been wasted. Time is a finite resource, and once it is gone, it can never be recouped. However, countless congregants have felt this way about a sermon or multiple sermons from a pastor. Most people show up to church hoping…

Kevin BordeauxApril 20, 2022

Sermon Ideas

7 Lessons We Can Learn from the Centurion in the Bible

''All these things happened to our ancestors so that we would learn from them. They are written in the Bible to teach us important lessons.'' (1 Corinthians 10:11 EASY). The Bible wants us to learn from history and character's behaviors. Bible characters and their life situations have bountiful experiences from…

Stephan CoteApril 8, 2022

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