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Jim Shaddix, my father in ministry and one of the most faithful followers of Jesus and preachers of God’s Word I’ve ever known or heard, went to be with the Lord on February 1, 2025, after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. Nearly 25 years ago, when I was considering where to go to seminary, an older brother in Christ encouraged me to find someone to study under and to learn all I could from that person. I’d read Jim’s book on preaching, and I dreamed about studying under h

One of the most common reasons for pastoral leadership mistakes is blindness to the significance of church size. Size has an enormous impact on how a church functions. There is a “size culture” that profoundly affects how decisions are made, how relationships flow, how effectiveness is evaluated, and what ministers, staff, and lay leaders do. We tend to think of the chief differences between churches mainly in denominational or theological terms, but that underestimates the i

A pastor has many responsibilities. Praying, studying, preaching, and care-giving are certainly at the top of the list. There is another responsibility scripture mentions for the pastor that is the focus of this article: The Pastor as Equipper. Ephesians 4:11-13 teaches the importance of this responsibility. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers , to equip his people for works of service , so that the body of Christ may b