How to Be an Advocacy Movement of One
Promoting representation is vital, not only due to societal trends but also because women inherently bear the image of God.
You can foster inclusivity in your local setting by inviting female pastors to speak regularly.
Insist on diverse representation to ensure meaningful and inclusive conversations.
5 Healthy Habits of the Financially Savvy Pastor
Savvy pastors take charge of their retirement by contributing to IRAs and making catch-up contributions if needed.
Prioritizing budgeting helps pastors control their finances and make intentional spending choices.
Pastors establish accountability systems and tap into lesser-known conference benefits for financial stability.
NAD Ministerial Book Club Explores Mending Ministers
Improving pastors’ health is a priority today
We initiated a comprehensive plan to strengthen, encourage, and inspire ministers
to a new level of health and wellness.
Register today to be part of this ever important discussion.
Why I Said Goodbye to 24-Hour News Channels
2.5 years have passed since we decided to stop watching 24 hour news channels in our house. It's been amazing! Let me share our experience, it may not be yours, but it's been a blessing for us. In fact it's been one of the BEST decisions we have made as a couple.
Top 10 Tips For Quality Livestream Worship Services - Pt.2
In the previous piece, our discussion focused on the first five tips for developing a quality livestreamed worship experience. Here are the remaining five tips.
A Suggested Culturally Intelligent Approach to Addressing Remittances
Pastoring today will ultimately include ministering to immigrants. Most immigrants come from collective cultures that leave behind family members to whom they send remittances to assist their families back home. In my case, I pastored a Hispanic church whose members were mostly from Mexico. In reviewing our church giving I saw that while most of the members were faithful in returning tithe, local church giving was not as high due to the remittances the members sent to their families back home.
The Challenge: Reaching People Born in North America by Manny Arteaga, Jesse Wilson, and Timothy Gillespie
How to spiritually reach people born in North America? When you think about this question, people born in North America refer to hundreds of demographics with vastly different cultures and needs. So the SDA church is asking how we can spiritually reach all these people. How can someone create one answer to this question that encapsulates all these cultures and needs? Watch this video to find out.
How to Discover the Health of Your Congregation by Dr. David Ripley and Pastor Lynn Ripley
In this video, Heather Crews tells stories of creative community connections that she has either had the privilege to be the assistant on or heard from pastors. The stories will inspire and encourage you to think outside the box and develop innovative ideas to reach your own community. Watch the full video here.
The Courage to Lead Beyond the Congregation: An Interview with MyRon Edmonds
“If you are only leading your congregation to change, then you are going to be myopically focused on the obstacles that are presented by to church. But if you see yourself as a change agent for your community—if you recognize that you are called to lead that community—then you begin to perceive both the real opposition and incredible opportunities for transformation.”
Worship in Transition: Looking Ahead to the 2024 Andrews University Music and Worship Conference
“In the midst of a transformational phase at Andrews University, we acknowledge that numerous churches are likewise navigating their unique transitions. These changes often present both challenges and opportunities in leadership and cultural adjustments. As we collectively ponder the question, "How do we lead through change?" it's crucial to ground ourselves in one constant—Jesus Christ.”
The Fruit of the Spirit in Worship
Paul writes to the Church in Galatia, “[T]he fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Using a bit of liturgical license, let’s consider how each of these characteristics might relate to our worship practices.
Visión II, por Tim Madding
En esta presentación, Tim Madding continúa hablando sobre visión y la plantación de iglesias. Él
contesta la pregunta “¿Por qué no plantamos más iglesias?” y comparte su historia personal en
la iglesia, explicando cómo se relaciona la misma con la pregunta si estamos cumpliendo la
misión o no. Mira el video aquí.
Tim Madding es el director asociado del Instituto de Evangelismo de la DNA
Visión, por Steve Leddy
En este video del Bootcamp de Plantadores de Iglesias, Steve Leddy habla como Dios ha dado
un mensaje a todo su pueblo, y cómo Él les ha dado un método para entregar ese mensaje. Él
comparte con precisión cómo hemos cambiado el enfoque del ministerio para convertirnos en
Top 10 Tips For Quality Livestream Worship Services Pt.1by Jonathan A. Johnson
COVID-19…just hearing that can cause a traumatic response. The pandemic was such a traumatic experience for everyone. However, the pandemic also pushed our postmodern society into the “virtual space.” In the education arena, from Pre-K all the way to the highest ranks of academia, everything was virtual. In the business and professional world, we went virtual with daily meetings to keep organizations and corporations operational. Nevertheless, I would argue that the spaces where the push towards technological advancement made its greatest strides was within the walls of religious houses of worship.
SOCIAL SECURITY AND HOUSING ALLOWANCE WEBINAR FOR PASTORS
Please join Adventist Retirement and Empower for a one-hour discussion on what pastors should know about taxes. We’ll talk about being retirement ready and how being a pastor can affect SECA, parsonage allowance, and social security. The session is offered three times so you can select a time that works for you.
How to Know When it is Time to Retire
Somewhere in North America a pastor, we will call “Gregory,” had not felt the energy he had as a younger pastor for more than a decade, but felt it was his duty to continue pastoring his three churches. Now that Gregory has reached 80 years of age the stress of ministry is eroding his health. The joy of ministry is long gone, but what else can a pastor do?
One Sabbath, Gregory preached his sermon and feeling poorly, he headed to his car to go home and rest. Gregory never made it to his car, but suddenly collapsed in the parking lot, abruptly ending his journey on earth.
Throughout my ministry as a pastor/missionary/administrator I, as you, have lived the many realities of the ministry journey from call to retirement.
Relocating Well
My wife and I just bought a house. This is a significant moment for us because our first home purchase was the start of a relocation whirlwind. That whirlwind started right after we bought the house and got married in 2005. As a matter of fact, I bought the house in September. We got married in December, and we put up the for sale sign in January. Ministry called, and apparently, the calls have kept coming because it seems like we’ve been moving ever since. Well, we’re finally in a place where we felt comfortable enough to purchase another piece of property, and so we did, and we feel tremendously blessed by God. I share all of this to say, we can relate to the angst and anxiety related to relocating for ministry in a brand new context.
We have served in several conferences and contexts which have required us to move many times. I feel like we’ve learned some really valuable lessons about transitioning and relocating to the next ministry location. I want to share with you some of the valuable lessons we’ve learned that may help you when the
Transitioning Well
I hope I don’t sound boastful in saying this because it’s not a boast as much as it is gratitude. I am overwhelmingly blessed because every day I have the esteemed privilege of coming alongside pastors to assist them on their journey of delivering high-quality, next-level ministry wherever they are. As a matter of fact, everything we do is for pastors and helping pastors to serve well. I absolutely love this work!
Vision II by Tim Madding
In this presentation, Tim Madding continues talking about Vision and Church-Planting. He answers the question: "Why don't we plant more churches?" He shares his personal story in the church and explains how it relates to whether we're fulfilling the mission or not. Watch the video here.
Tim Madding is the Associate Director of the NAD Evangelism Institute
Vision I by Steve Leddy
In this video from the Church Planters Bootcamp, Steve Leddy talks about how God has given His entire people a message and how He has given them a method to deliver the message. He accurately shares how we have changed the focus of the ministry to being pastors leading churches as babysitters or hovering over churches and have lost the missional focus that multiplication values. Watch the video here.
Steve Leddy is the Evangelism and Church Planting Director of the Potomac Conference of SDA.