“I don’t know if our marriage can make it,” Jocey* told her pastor. “Rex often loses his cool with our daughter. He’s constantly disrepectful to me.” “I’m so sorry,” Pastor Ammons replied. “This is so painful.” After taking … Continued
As a Michigan church launched a strategic planning process, the pastor asked the elders to rate on 1 to 10 scale how united they felt they were in their ministry vision. Their average score was 2. After the consultation, … Continued
My father’s father was a farmer turned preacher. He planted churches, was a traveling evangelist, and served as a district superintendent. He was bigger-than-life, much loved and admired. After my grandfather died, people would tell me with awe-struck voices, … Continued