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By Karl Vaters The New Testament doesn’t emphasize the role of pastor nearly as much as our current church structure does. In fact, there’s just one passage – one! – in which the role of the pastor (along with apostles, prophets, evangelists, and teachers) is mentioned. To be sure, there are plenty of passages about bishops, overseers... Continue Reading →
By Karl Vaters The church does not exist to give us an audience for our ideas, projects or egos. It exists to fulfill Christ’s purposes. The church belongs to Jesus. It is not owned by its denomination, its donors, its members, its staff or its lead pastor. Jesus said he would build his church –... Continue Reading →
By Karl Vaters Changing the world with the Gospel of Jesus is less likely to happen using traditional methods with every passing year. There’s nothing wrong with traditional methods of doing church. As long as you want to minister to traditional church members. Traditionalists (whatever your tradition may be) need places to worship, learn and... Continue Reading →
This is part two of the article published in the previous post. 4. Discover Your Calling – Then Be Good at It Every leader and church needs to discover who you are and what you’re called to do. Then, do that and be that! Giving people something worth committing to isn’t a matter of competing... Continue Reading →
By Karl Vaters People who don’t go to church, don’t want to go to church. They’re not rolling out of bed late on Sunday morning wishing they had somewhere more churchy to be. In fact, a growing number of people who do go to church don’t want to go, either. If we don’t give them... Continue Reading →
By Karl Vaters Church attendance should be a tool to help people draw closer to Jesus. Not the other way around. I have a confession to make. As a pastor, I have too much invested in getting people to attend church. My salary depends on it. My reputation depends on it. My sense of self-worth... Continue Reading →
By Karl Vaters Different sizes of churches serve different functions. And they face different challenges. Small churches are not just smaller versions of big churches. Every size has value, but different sizes serve different functions in the body of Christ. They also have different challenges and they tend to make different kinds of mistakes. Here... Continue Reading →
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