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10 Gift Ideas for Pastor Appreciation Month
Pastor Appreciation Month and Pastor Appreciation Day are great opportunities every October to show how much you care for your pastor and church leaders. Here are some ideas to help you celebrate them this year.
September 16, 2024
- Diana Davis and Lifeway Staff
7 Biblical Models of Leadership
As a church staff or volunteer ministry leader, you can learn valuable and unique lessons from several biblical characters. Here are seven whose leadership played a significant role in leading the early church and furthering the gospel.
June 30, 2024
- Brooks Faulkner
Lessons Learned From 100 Podcast Episodes of The Glass House
Lifeway CEO Ben Mandrell reflects on lessons he has learned from 100 podcast episodes of The Glass House.
April 15, 2024
3 Mentorship Challenges All Men Face
Live as a man whose life directs others to the Heavenly Father.
March 19, 2024
Why Prayer is Essential in the Life of a Leader
Without God's constant guidance in our lives, how can we be confident of what we are teaching, how we are ministering, or why we are even leading? Leading others is just too big of a responsibility for us to handle without continual prayer.
August 11, 2021
- Carolyn Taketa
9 Types of Books That Make Every Church Leader More Effective
What kind of books should we read? What kind of books make us more effective leaders? Let's look beyond the topics of leadership and theology.
July 30, 2020
- Marty Duren
3 Ways to Overcome Discouragement as a Ministry Leader
Sometimes women's leaders expect that our pure-hearted ministry should be immune from serious difficulty, but we know from Jesus' example and words, that's not realistic or biblical! Ministry leaders will inevitably face discouragement from time to time.
September 2, 2015
- Martha Lawley
Understanding the Traits of Middle-Schoolers
Youth leaders must remember that middle-schoolers are at a critical stage in their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development. Keep these key characteristics of this age group in mind as you plan and implement your youth ministry strategy.
January 1, 2014
- Pamela Culbertson
Four Critical Needs of Men
Understanding men and the needs of men will help churches implement healthy men’s ministry.
January 1, 2014
- Jason Ellerbrook
6 Essential Reasons Why You Need a Mentor
"Without guidance, people fall, but with many counselors there is deliverance" (Proverbs 11:14).
January 1, 2014
