Sep 12, 2024 | Discipleship, Hiring, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor
Many pastors we’ve spoken to recently are expressing significant difficulty in finding called and qualified staff to join their teams. We’ve been tackling this subject on the Leading from Alignment podcast, and you’ve joined us here on the blog right in the middle of...
Nov 14, 2023 | Discipleship, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Prayer
The average age of a clergy member today is 57, compared to age 50 in 2000 (Lifeway Research). Half of all American pastors today are older than age 55. In 1992, 24% of all American pastors were older than 55 (Barna). One of the impacts of these alarming trends? The...
May 23, 2023 | Discipleship, Exhaustion, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest, Sabbath
In today’s episode we chat with Karl Vaters about the positive trends he is observing with churches across the country, a few challenging trends, and what leaders can do about those challenging trends. You can listen to the podcast here. Here is the video...
Aug 2, 2022 | Discipleship, Leadership, Marriage, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Podcast
In today’s episode, John interviews JP Dorsey, former President of Northpoint college. In this compelling conversation, JP and John unpack important questions around the movement of leaders, the two biggest challenges currently facing the Church, and what we can do...
Jul 8, 2021 | Discipleship, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Uncategorized
Digital church . . . friend or foe? We talk with a lot of pastors, and a vast range of opinions exist on the subject of online/digital church vs. in-person/physical gatherings. Some leaders have fully bought into digital; others resent having to deal with it at all;...
Apr 27, 2021 | Discipleship, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Uncategorized
Today we welcome Brian Pruitt to the pod, for part two of a two-part conversation on the subject of, Why Discipleship? FYI the show notes below serve as the outline for both parts one and two of our conversation with Brian. Why did so many Christians not speak up in...
