In the MinTools blog you’ll find posts to encourage you in your walk with God and to equip you for ministry.
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- “Thanksgiving” in the Bible
- “What If” Questions for People in Ministry
- 10 Commandments Teach How to Love God
- 10 Commandments Teach How to Love People
- 10 Reasons Leaders Don’t Delegate
- 3 Basic Ways to Grow the Church
- 3 Important Lessons for Bible Teachers from the Master Teacher
- 3 More Important Lessons for Bible Teachers from the Master Teacher
- 3 Points to Remember in an Age of Digital Church Life
- 3 Reasons Prayer is Critical in Ministry
- 3 Things People Want from the Church
- 3 Things People Want from Their Bible Teachers
- 3 Things People Want from Their Church Leaders
- 3 Tips for Any Kind of Ministry Online
- 3 Tips for Ministry & Church Newsletters
- 3 Tips for Ministry Use of X (Twitter) and Other Social Media Platforms
- 3 Ways for Church Leaders to Be Prepared
- 3 Ways to Navigate Tumultuous Times for the Church
- 4 Biblical Truths about Freedom
- 4 Truths to Remember When Taking Vacations
- 5 Decision-Making Questions Ministry Leaders Should Ask
- 5 Signs Ministry Leadership Has Turned Abusive
- 5 Signs Ministry Leadership Has Turned Christ-like
- 5 Things That Matter More
- 6 Ministry Objectives Leading to Greater Effectiveness
- A Changing Church Still Follows God’s Design
- A Changing Church Still Fulfills God’s Mission
- A Changing Church Still Maintains God’s Primary Purposes
- A Church Leader’s Wish List
- A Church That’s Responsive, Not Compromising
- A Great Illustration of How We are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
- A Holistic Approach in Ministry
- A Holy Church on This Side of Eternity?
- A Love Letter to God
- A New Year: New Opportunities to Live Out New Life in Christ
- A Place for Near All Spiritual Gifts in VBS
- A Reason to Celebrate
- A Responsive, Non-Responsive, or Compromising Church?
- A Thanksgiving Acrostic
- A Two-Fold Purpose in Life
- A Walk with God That Makes a Difference
- About the Armor of God
- Acquiring Wisdom
- Address Real Needs in Homelessness, Not Just Symptoms
- Adults Build Walls
- After Christmas: Let’s Remember to Keep Singing
- After Graduation, Then What?
- All Authority Belongs to the Lord
- All of Who You Are?
- All Sorts of People in the Church
- All Things Spiritual, Biblical Spirituality That Is
- An Umbrella for Classroom Discipline
- Answer to Prayer or Just Coincidence?
- Apathetic Reactions When Things Go Wrong
- Apologetics: Not Just What We Say
- Apologetics: The Readiness Factor
- Application About More Than Mere External Conformity?
- Are We Noticing People?
- Are We Ready for Conversion Growth?
- Are You For or Against?
- Are You Suffering Persecution for Jesus?
- Are Your Decisions Biblically or Personality Based?
- ASK for Wisdom Needed in Ministry
- At Christmas, Let’s Remember the Greatest Reason to Party
- At Christmas, Let’s Remember the Most Indescribable Gift
- At Christmas, Let’s Remember What Most Needs to Be Adorned
- At the Core of Serving
- Attitude Toward Those Who Do Us Wrong
- Back to the Basics
- Balancing Pastoral Duties
- Be a Blessing to Others
- Because God is . . .
- Because of the Way God Made Us
- Being Harmonious – How’s that going to happen?
- Being Versus Doing: Which is most important in ministry?
- Benefits of a Shepherding Ministry
- Benefits of Being Accountable to One Another
- Benevolence a Priority?
- Benevolence God’s Way
- Best Approach for Your Church’s Christian Education Program? – I Don’t Know!
- Best Structure for Ministry Programs?
- Beyond a Cerebral Understanding of the Names of God
- Beyond a National Day of Prayer
- Beyond Definitions and the Labeling of Our Spiritual Gifts
- Bible Character Studies
- Bible Reading: Doesn’t Make Sense?
- Bible Reading: Order of Books to Read?
- Bible Reading: Where to Start?
- Bible Teachers Have a Multifaceted Role
- Bible Teaching That Communicates God’s Words
- Bible Truths for Coming Alongside of One Another
- Bible Verses about Bosses
- Bible Verses about Grandparents
- Bible Verses About Ministry Objectives
- Bible Verses about Ministry Qualities
- Bible Verses for Ministry Alignment
- Bible Verses for Ministry Effectiveness
- Bible Verses for Ministry Empowerment
- Bible Verses for Ministry Focus
- Bible Verses for Ministry Methodology
- Bible Verses for Ministry Perseverance
- Bible Verses for Ministry Recruitment
- Bible Verses for Ministry Teamwork
- Bible Verses Guiding the Use of Our Time
- Bible Verses on Ministry Objectives of Greatest Commandments
- Biblical Basis for Ministry Assessments?
- Biblical Principles for Decision-Making
- Biblical Principles for Spiritual Battles
- Biblical Spirituality Reflects the Spirit’s Work in Lives
- Biblical Spirituality Tied into Who We are in Christ
- Biblical Ways to Fellowship with One Another
- Biblical Worship
- Body Life: Whose Responsibility is It?
- Bored? – Cure for Boredom in the Christian Life
- Breaking Through the Walls
- Building a Christian Education Team
- But It Hurts!
- But My Mother (Father) Abused Me
- But, Did God Lay It on YOUR Heart?
- Can’t Do Church as Usual?
- Categorizing Spiritual Gifts
- Caught Up in the Comparison Game?
- Caught Up in the Mundane Things of Life?
- Celebrate the Lord
- Celebrate the Messiah
- Celebrate the Savior
- Character Education a Good Thing?
- Character Education a Good Thing? – Depends on the Means
- Character Education a Good Thing? – Depends on the Purpose
- Character Education a Good Thing? – Depends on the Standard
- Characteristics of an Effective Ministry Worker
- Check Your Message
- Check Your Methods
- Check Your Motives
- Children’s Ministry is Important
- Christ-like Communication
- Christ-like Communication: Adaptable
- Christ-like Communication: Applicational
- Christ-like Communication: Approachable
- Christ-like Communication: Attentive
- Christ-like Communication: Authentic
- Christ-like Communication: Authoritative
- Christ-like Communication: Availability
- Christ-like Communication: Awareness
- Christ-like Ministry
- Christian Counseling: Can anybody be a lay counselor?
- Christian Education: Building or Built?
- Christian Education: Building Programs or People?
- Christian Life: Destination vs. Journey
- Christian Life: Drudgery vs Joy
- Christian Life: Duty vs. Delight
- Christian Life: Law vs. Grace
- Christian Nurture a Priority?
- Christmas Bible Verses Still Affect You?
- Christmas Is . . .
- Church Board Meetings Reflecting What You Say You Want?
- Church Characterized as Holy & Full of Truth?
- Church Characterized as Loving & Unified?
- Church Fellowship Ideas in a High Tech, Low Touch World
- Church Leaders, Are You Prepared for Ministry?
- Church Leaders, Be an Example of Servanthood
- Churches, Help Grandparents Leave a Positive Legacy
- Churches, We Don’t Need to Compete with the World!
- Classroom Discipline Must Get Beyond
- Communicating The Same Message Using Different Means
- Compassion Dissolves Excuses
- Compassion: More than a Feeling?
- Compassion: More than an Option?
- Compelled by Love?
- Compliments to God
- Confidence in Proclaiming Jesus
- Conformed to the Image of Christ
- Connected for a Purpose
- Connected to One Another
- Consideration & Compassion Pave the Way
- Cookie Cutter Approaches Lessen Effectiveness
- Cookie Cutter Approaches Minimize Unity
- Correct Ministry Problems But Seek to Prevent When Possible
- Creativity Needed in All of Ministry, Not Just Teaching
- Cultivating a Passion for Prayer
- Culture Shift Based on God’s Commands
- Culture Shift Following the Right Course of Action
- Culture Shift is a Challenge
- Defining Effective Ministry That Brings Glory to God
- Demonstration of Love Driven by Hate?
- Developing Future Church Leaders: The Priority
- Developing Future Church Leaders: The Identification Process
- Developing Future Church Leaders: The Precedence
- Developing Future Church Leaders: The Training Process
- Devotion to God’s Word Makes Sense If . . .
- Did GOD Lay It on Your Heart … or Was It … ?
- Different Functions So All Spiritual Gifts Needed
- Different Types of Leaders to Help Us Accomplish God’s Work
- Difficult Times for the Church
- Difficult Times for the Church, Doctrinally
- Difficult Times for the Church, Financially
- Difficult Times for the Church, Morally
- Difficult Times for the Church, Societally
- Diligence Matters
- Disciplined But Not Forgotten
- Discontent or Discouraged in Serving?
- Disgruntled Ministry Workers
- Do You Have a Worth-Giving Church?
- Does Communion Equal Communion?
- Does True Fellowship Need to be Restored in the Church?
- Does your children’s class have the BLAs?
- Doing Good & Sharing?
- Don’t Hijack Your Small Group
- Don’t Just Survive, Thrive: Need for Perspective
- Don’t Just Survive, Thrive: Need for Presence
- Don’t Let Your Small Group Be Hijacked
- Don’t Despair, Get Creative
- Dysfunctional Approach to Spiritual Gifts: Performance
- Dysfunctional Approach to Spiritual Gifts: Health
- Dysfunctional Approach to Spiritual Gifts: Overview
- Dysfunctional Approach to Spiritual Gifts: Relational
- Each Part Needed and Important
- Easter is . . .
- Easter Points to the Grace of God
- Easter Points to the Holiness & Righteousness of God
- Easter Points to the Love of God
- Easter Points to the Power of God
- Easter Points to the Wisdom of God
- Easter Story? – Ask “What If” Questions
- Effective & Productive?
- Effective and Powerful Prayer
- Effective Bible Teaching Takes Commitment
- Effective Bible Teaching Takes Time
- Effective Ministry Training
- Effective Senior Adult Ministry?
- Effectively Prepare for VBS Through Prayer
- Effects of Busyness on the Life of the Church
- Effects of Sin on Experiencing the Presence of God
- Encourage One Another
- Encouragement Needed: How
- Encouragement Needed: Who
- Encouragement Needed: Why
- Environment Conducive to Spiritual Growth
- Ephesians 4:16 – One Verse Says It All
- Everybody Can Have a Part in Helping the Homeless
- Everybody Likes Freebies
- Everybody Makes Mistakes
- Exalting God Above All Else
- Excellence: Is It Really All in the Details?
- Exhortation Versus Criticism
- Expressions of God’s Grace
- Facing Issues?
- Failing to Bring Glory to His Name
- Faithful Stewards of God’s Grace
- Families are Important, But . . .
- Family Ministry: 3 Keys
- Family Ministry: Church Solutions
- Family Ministry: Content Matters
- Father’s Day Is …
- Fear in Serving?
- Feel Like the Church is Compromising & Want to Help Do Something About It?
- Feel Like the Church is Compromising?
- Fellowship a Priority?
- Fellowship Defined
- Fellowship in Ministry Teams
- Finances in the Church: Fundraising
- Finances in the Church: Goals
- Find Yourself Making Excuses in Ministry?
- First Steps to Change
- Focus in Group Events
- Focus of Attention in Your Ministry
- Following Jesus’ Example? Cautions
- Following Jesus’ Example? It’s Biblical
- Fortitude in Our Personal Walk
- Foundation for Family Life Ministry
- Foundational to Following God’s Design for Body Life
- Freedom Available to All
- Fulfilling God’s Purpose to Love
- Functioning According to God’s Design for Body Life
- Gaining Favor Without Compromising Truth – How?
- Gaining Favor Without Compromising Truth – Really?
- Get Church Staffing Right
- Getting Beyond “Red Tape” in the Church
- Getting Beyond the Logistics of Church Life
- Getting Disillusioned People to Open Themselves to True Fellowship
- Getting Everyone on the Same Page in Ministry
- Getting Guidance from God First Only Makes Sense
- Giving God Our All?
- Giving God Your Best Is . . .
- Giving God Your Best Isn’t …
- Glorifying God in Ministry
- Glory to His Name
- God as Our Father
- God Communicates with Audiovisuals
- God Gets Practical
- God is a God of New Beginnings
- God is Holy
- God is Love
- God is Wiser
- God MUST BE All-Knowing
- God MUST BE Eternal
- God, Greater Than All Other Forces
- God, Greater Than All That Pertains to You
- God’s Answer for What’s Happening
- God’s Blueprint for Church Growth: Everybody Has a Part
- God’s Design for Body Life Revisited
- God’s Goals for Body Life in His Church
- God’s Grace
- God’s Mission for the Church Revisited
- God’s Purposes for the Church Revisited
- God’s Search of Who We Are
- God’s Word & Prayer Go Hand in Hand
- God’s Word Benefits Us Today
- God’s Word Essential to Christian Community
- God’s Word: Power for Ministry
- Grace & Truth in How We Speak
- Graduation is . . .
- Grandparents, Leave a Positive Legacy
- Great Yet Approachable
- Grieving a Divisive Church Situation
- Grounds for Obedience
- Guidance for the Specifics?
- Guidelines for Developing a Prayer Ministry in Your Church
- Guiding People into What Truly Matters in Life
- Halloween Disagreements – Alternatives or Totally Reject?
- Halloween Is …
- Harmony Amid Conflict?
- Healing in a Divisive Church Situation
- Help for When We Hurt
- Help Keep Ministry Online Using iGive & Affiliate Links
- Helping Unmotivated People Get Motivated
- Hidden Messages in Disciplining
- Hindrances to Worship
- Holiday Reminders Needed
- Holiday Resources for Making the Most of Opportunities
- Homelessness: How to Get Your Church Involved
- Hopeful in Ministry?
- How are we Thoroughly Equipped?
- How Bright Is Our Light?
- How can Busy Sunday School Teachers Do It All?
- How Can We as a Church be Relevant?
- How Can We Not Worship Our God?
- How Can We Teach Children to Serve?
- How Can We Worship Our God?
- How Do You Feel About Teaching?
- How Do Your Co-Workers View You?
- How God Answers Prayer
- How God Recruits Workers
- How Inclusive Are We?
- How Many Spiritual Gifts Are There?
- How Much Do You Need to Understand Mental Illness to Come Along Side?
- How Opinionated We Can Be!
- How to Be More Discerning
- How to Have a Good Heart
- How to More Consistently Engage in Spiritual Disciplines
- How To Proclaim Jesus
- How to Shepherd a Support Group
- How To Study Bible Characters
- I Know Some Servants . . . with the Spiritual Gift of Administration
- I Know Some Servants . . . with the Spiritual Gift of Exhortation
- I Know Some Servants . . . with the Spiritual Gift of Giving
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Discernment
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Evangelism
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Faith
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Helps
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Hospitality
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Knowledge
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Leadership
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Mercy
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Pastor
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Prophecy
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Service
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Teaching
- I Know Some Servants … with the Spiritual Gift of Wisdom
- Ideas for Getting Busy People to Engage in True Fellowship
- Identifying and Keeping the Top Priorities?
- If not a Cookie-Cutter Approach, Then What?
- If the Bible is Accurate, Then What?
- If the Bible is from God, Then What?
- If the Bible is God’s Word, Then What?
- If the Bible is Sacred, Then What?
- If the Bible is Unique, Then What?
- Impartiality of God’s Grace
- Importance of God’s Presence in a Ministry
- Importance of Truth
- In Anticipation of VBS
- In Some Cases Knowledge Really is Power
- In the Beginning GOD …
- In the Midst of Crisis, Give Thanks
- In the Midst of Crisis, Pray
- In the Midst of Crisis, Rise Above
- Indications of God’s Presence in our Lives
- Insightful Types of Spiritual Gifts
- Intended to be Thoroughly Equipped
- Intercessory Types of Spiritual Gifts
- Internal Blessings in Serving
- Is Desiring to Make Good Impressions Biblical?
- Is Maximizing Your Ministry a Biblical or Worldly Concept?
- It All Matters When We’re Teaching the Word of God
- It Takes a Culture Shift
- It’s a Walk
- It’s About Lining Up with God
- Jesus … God With Us
- Jesus’ Example in Suffering
- Jesus’ Example of Being a Servant
- Jesus’ Own Words About Trouble in This World
- Jesus’ Resurrection is More Than an Easter Phenomenon
- Joining God Where He is Working
- Just a Church Secretary? Ouch!
- Just a lay person? Ouch!
- Just a Nursery Worker? Ouch!
- Just a Teacher’s Helper? Ouch!
- Just Yet Merciful
- Keeping Issues from Blocking Church Growth & Health
- Keeping the Right Priorities Takes Divine Power
- Keeping the Right Priorities Takes Perspective
- Keys to Unity
- Kinds of Leadership a Ministry Needs
- Labor Day Is . . .
- Lack Evidence of Spiritual Gifting?
- Leaders & Change Management
- Leaders & Church Discipline
- Leaders & Church Growth
- Leaders & Teachers, Avoid Stagnation
- Leadership Training and Growth Important
- Leading Types of Spiritual Gifts
- Learning to Cope in Times of Crisis
- Leaving Church Changed?
- Lessons from the Wise Men
- Let All Be Harmonious – What’s Stopping You?
- Let’s Be Sensitive on Mother’s and Father’s Day
- Let’s Get Honest About Serving
- Let’s Get Practical … About the Use of Spiritual Gifts
- Let’s Rise Above
- Life in Christ Jesus
- Limitless Possibilities in Worship
- Lining Up with God: How to Come into Alignment with God
- Lining Up with God: What It Means, Why It Matters
- Living an Abundant Life is Possible Because of Jesus
- Living an Abundant Life? – How to Have It
- Living an Abundant Life? – Jesus’ Claim
- Living an Abundant Life? – The Difference it Makes
- Living as Christians in a Fallen World
- Living in Harmony – What does that mean?
- Living Life with Purpose
- Looking for a Mentor?
- Love One Another
- Loving God the Top Priority in Your Church?
- Loving People a Priority in Your Church?
- Make Adult Ministry Instructional
- Make Adult Ministry Intentional
- Make Adult Ministry Internally Impacting
- Making an Eternal Difference in the Workplace?
- Making Embezzlement Too Easy?
- Making Even Well-Known Truths Relevant
- Making the Most of Every Opportunity Requires Discernment
- Making the Most of Every Opportunity Requires Perspective
- Making the Most of Every Opportunity Requires Wisdom
- Maximum Participation in Ministry Training
- Means of Communicating the Gospel Message
- Means of Learning About God
- Measuring Effectiveness of Sunday School Ministry
- Measuring Maximum Effectiveness
- Mentoring by Older Men
- Mentoring by Older Women
- Mentoring of Younger Fathers
- Mentoring of Younger Mothers
- Ministry About God, Not Us
- Ministry Alignment
- Ministry Assessments Not an End in Themselves
- Ministry Blues? Reflecting on an Eternal God will Help!
- Ministry Effectiveness
- Ministry Efforts Done From the Heart?
- Ministry Empowerment: Divine Power
- Ministry Empowerment: God’s Means
- Ministry Endeavors All to the Glory of God?
- Ministry Expectations
- Ministry Fairs: Goals – Why Have Them
- Ministry Fairs: Ideas – What to Include
- Ministry Fairs: Planning – How to Plan Them
- Ministry Focus
- Ministry God’s Way
- Ministry Isn’t Always Fair!
- Ministry Leaders, Beware of the Ides of March
- Ministry Leadership Resources and Ideas
- Ministry Methodology All in the Name of the Lord?
- Ministry Methodology: Principles
- Ministry Methodology: Problems
- Ministry Objective: Not Mere Management
- Ministry Objective: Not Mere External Conformity
- Ministry Objective: Not Mere Knowledge
- Ministry Objectives
- Ministry Perseverance: How to Persevere
- Ministry Perseverance: What It Is
- Ministry Perseverance: Why It’s Needed
- Ministry Qualities
- Ministry Recruitment
- Ministry Resources
- Ministry Teamwork: How to Enhance Team Building
- Ministry Teamwork: How to Function as a Team
- Ministry Tools that Encourage Us in Serving
- Ministry Tools that Equip Us for Serving
- Ministry Training Beyond Skill Development
- Ministry Training Needed
- Ministry Training: An Effective Plan
- Ministry Training: God’s Equipping Objectives
- Ministry Training: God’s Equipping Plan
- Ministry Troubles
- Ministry Troubles: Circumstances Beyond Your Control
- Ministry Troubles: Conflict
- Ministry Troubles: Financial Hardships
- Ministry Troubles: People’s Personal Problems
- Ministry Troubles: Unexpected Change
- More Than One Way to Divide a Church: Personalities
- More Than One Way to Divide a Church: Practices
- More Than One Way to Divide a Church: Programs
- Mother’s Day Is …
- Motivate by Meeting People Where They Are
- Motivation for Healthy Living
- Motivation to Grow in Our Walk with the Lord
- Motivation to Proclaim Jesus
- Must Christians Celebrate Christmas?
- My Style – Your Style
- Need a Restart Button?
- Need to Change Your Thinking about the Christian Life?
- Not Everything Changes in a Changing World
- Not Finding Much Joy in Ministry?
- Not Just Knowing About God
- Not Visionary Because We’re Stuck
- Nuts & Bolts Ministries: All Ministries Valued
- Nuts & Bolts Ministries: Empowered by God
- Obedience About More Than Mere Religious Activity?
- Objective for Staffing in the Church
- Obstacles in Becoming More Purposeful: Resistance in the Spiritual Realm
- Optimistic Reactions When Things Go Wrong
- Organization Needed But For What Purpose?
- Organization Needed But Who Determines It?
- Our Beliefs About the Bible Have Implications
- Our Creator God: Seeing God in What He Made
- Our Critical Need of the Holy Spirit in Ministry
- Our Greatest Purpose in Life Made Clear by Jesus
- Our Ministry Philosophy Affects What We Do
- Our Source of Strength for Spiritual Battles
- Our Unfathomable God
- Outreach a Priority?
- Outreach Ministry in the Church
- Outreach Process: Our Part, God’s Part?
- Outreach Types of Spiritual Gifts
- Palm Sunday is …
- Parents’ Role of Shepherding Children
- Passionate Prayer Rooted in Knowledge
- Pastors & Ministry Leaders: Lead by Example
- Pastors are Also Sheep, Not the Chief Shepherd
- Performance-based Versus Grace-Based
- Perspective for When Ministry Doesn’t Go as Expected
- Pessimistic Reactions When Things Go Wrong
- Pointers on How to Pray
- Possible Joy
- Practical-Sounding Excuses to Bypass the Planning Process
- Praise and Thanksgiving is Only Fitting
- Praising God, Even on a Bad Day
- Prayer a Lifestyle? Praying Part of Your Church Culture?
- Prayer a Priority?
- Prayer Chains: Gossip Destroys their Effectiveness
- Prayer Chains: Prevent from Becoming Gossip Chains
- Prayer Chains: When Sharing Turns to Gossip
- Prayer in Outreach Ministry
- Prayer Ministry an Outgrowth of Relationship
- Prayer That Reflects Who God Is
- Prayerful Assessment Needed for Steps to Change
- Prayerlessness Because of What We Overestimate
- Prayerlessness Because of What We Underestimate
- Prayerlessness Due to a Lack of Benefits?
- Prayerlessness Due to Ignorance?
- Praying for the Glory of His Name
- Praying on God’s Terms, According to Biblical Principles?
- Prepare for the Holidays: A Time to Reach Out to Others
- Prepare for the Holidays: Dealing with the Effects
- Prepared Ministry Workers
- Prepared to Face Conflict?
- Prepared to Face Obstacles?
- Prepared to Face Temptation in Ministry?
- Principles for Service-Oriented Ministries
- Priority Objectives for a Youth Director
- Prized Verses in Philippians
- Process Matters
- Projected Reactions When Things Go Wrong
- Purposeful Joy
- Put the Focus on the Presence of the Lord
- Putting Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes – How?
- Putting Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes – Why?
- Qualities Needed in Team Members
- Questions About Your Church
- Questions to Evaluate Your Christian Education Ministry
- Quick Solutions or Real Change in Classroom Discipline?
- Quick Solutions or Real Change in Staffing Issues?
- Quick Solutions or Real Change to Settle Disagreements?
- Quick Solutions or Real Change?
- Reaching Maximum Effectiveness
- Reading the Bible the Whole Way Through
- Ready for the Second Coming of the Lord?
- Realistic Expectations in Ministry
- Realistic Reactions When Things Go Wrong
- Reasons to Pray
- Reasons We Don’t Pray
- Recruitment Blues? – Put Yourselves in Each Other’s Shoes
- Reflecting on God’s Enduring Love
- Reflecting the Joy of the Lord in Ministry
- Rejoicing Over Your Church Budget?
- Reliability Makes a Difference in Ministry
- Rendering about Ministry and God’s Enduring Love
- Requisites for Real Change over Quick Solutions
- Resolutions or Prayer for the New Year?
- Resources for Ministry Over the Summer Months
- Resources for the Fall, a Time to Reap the Harvest
- Responding to God as Our Father
- Responding to God’s Word Only Makes Sense
- Responding with Thanks for God’s Enduring Love
- Responsibilities of Team Leaders
- Responsibility of Deacons & Deaconesses
- Restarts in Ministry
- Restarts in Relationships: The Goal
- Restarts in Relationships: The Steps
- Results of Body Life
- Results of Making Benevolence a Priority
- Results of Making Christian Nurture a Priority
- Results of Making Fellowship a Priority
- Results of Making Outreach a Priority
- Results of Making Prayer a Priority
- Results of Making Worship a Priority
- Revere Him as Lord Because . . .
- Reward from Engaging in Spiritual Disciplines
- Right Purposes for a Prayer Ministry
- Safety Measures in the Church: Trust God or Take Precautions?
- Safety Measures in the Church?
- Saint Patrick’s Day Is …
- Salty Christians
- Sanctity of Human Life – What’s the Real Issue?
- Sanctity of Life – When God is Our Standard
- Saving Money in Today’s Economy
- School as a Mission Field ?????
- Scripture Memorization: A Personal Testimony
- Scripture Memory Has Powerful Benefits
- Scripture Memory Resources to Hide God’s Word in Our Hearts
- Seasonal Bulletin Boards: Autumn
- Seasonal Bulletin Boards: Spring
- Seasonal Bulletin Boards: Summer
- Seasonal Bulletin Boards: Winter
- Secure in the Lord Because of How God Relates
- Secure in the Lord Because of Who He Is
- Serve Better by Remembering That Only God is Infinite
- Serving God Effectively
- Serving in the Power of an Almighty God
- Serving is …
- Serving Types of Spiritual Gifts
- Sharing from the Overflow
- Sharing God’s Message of Salvation?
- Shepherding Ministry: Entrustment
- Shepherding Ministry: Motivation
- Shepherding Ministry: Priorities
- Shepherding Ministry: Lessons from John 21:15-17
- Should We Be Concerned about Relevancy in Ministry?
- Should We Really Try to Teach Children Bible Truths?
- Show People You Serve That You Truly Care
- Showing Thanks, Not Just Saying Thank You
- Significance Because of God’s Grace
- Since God is True to His Word, Then . . .
- So Much of … Everything but Jesus Over the Holidays
- So Much to Do in Christian Education Ministries of the Church
- So You Want to Become a Christian Counselor!
- So You Want to Become a Christian Writer!
- So, You Think God is Calling You into Pastoral Ministry
- So, You Were Asked to be a Health Ministry Coordinator!
- So, You Were Asked to be the Sunday School Superintendent!
- Something Stunting Your Spiritual Growth?
- Source of Truth
- Sowing & Reaping
- Speaking Types of Spiritual Gifts
- Special Needs Ministry Takes More Than a Program
- Spirit & Truth in How We Worship
- Spiritual Giftedness Is Not an Excuse
- Spiritual Gifting of Deacons & Deaconesses
- Spiritual Gifts a Fad or Ongoing Reality in the Church?
- Spiritual Gifts of Those Involved in Staffing
- Spiritual Gifts Used in People Helping Ministries
- Spiritual Gifts Used Outside Church Building Walls?
- Spiritual Gifts: A Key Component of Your Ministry Profile
- Spiritual Gifts: Definitions Form Basis for Tests
- Spiritual Gifts: Benefits of Having the Gifts Defined
- Spiritual Gifts: How to Arrive at Definitions
- Spiritual Growth Levels: Ministering to Spiritual Adolescents
- Spiritual Growth Levels: Ministering to Spiritual Adults
- Spiritual Growth Levels: Ministering to Spiritual Children
- Spiritual Growth Levels: Ministering to Spiritual Infants
- Spiritual Growth Levels: Ministering to Spiritual Parents
- Spiritual Growth: Overview
- Spiritual-Sounding Excuses to Bypass the Planning Process
- Spring Reminders of New Life in Christ
- Staffing & Body Life
- Staffing & Prayer
- Staffing & Shepherding
- Staffing & the Big Picture
- Staffing & the Church’s Purpose
- Staffing Principles Revisited
- Starting Point for Training Ministry Leaders
- Stewardship: Stewards of All, in All, and Always
- Strength & Courage Needed?
- Stressed Out People Need True Fellowship
- Struggle to Walk the Walk?
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- Stuck in Perpetual Motion?
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- Sunday School During Summer Months
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- The Effects of a Bad Past Experience on the Life of the Church
- The Effects of Being Connected to One Another
- The Essence of True Freedom
- The Focus of Church Ministry
- The Focus of Youth Ministry
- The Gospel Touches Every Need of Our Heart
- The Great Commission: Whose Responsibility is It?
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- The Greatest of These is Love Yet Hope Matters
- The Need for Heart Preparation
- The Outworking of True Freedom
- The Power of God at Work in the Church
- The Process of Providing Christian Nurture
- The Role of Curriculum in Teaching the Bible
- The Source of True Freedom
- The Uniqueness of the God of the Bible
- The Value of Heart Preparation
- The Way God Made Us Gives People a Choice to Make
- The Way God Made Us Gives People Purpose
- The Way God Made Us Gives People Value
- The Way God Made Us Makes People Social Beings
- The Way God Made Us Suggests People Be Actively Engaged
- Theology?
- Thoroughly Equipped for What?
- Tips for Dealing with the Effects of Holidays on Church Life
- Tips for Parents to Effectively Shepherd Their Children
- To Keep Records or Not to Keep Them
- To Love More & More
- To Pray or Not to Pray?
- Too Hard to Make It Through Life Without Peace – Part 1
- Too Hard to Make It Through Life Without Peace – Part 2
- Too Hard to Make It Through Life Without Peace – Part 3
- Too Hard to Make It Through Life Without Peace – Part 4
- Too Hard to Make It Through Life Without Peace – Part 5
- Too Proud or Afraid to Ask for Help?
- Train Small Group Leaders
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- True Worship Defined by the Lord, Not Our Traditions
- True Worship Transcends Cultural Barriers & Traditions
- Trust & Obey
- Truths About Worship
- Trying to Make a Good Impression for God’s Glory?
- Trying to Make a Good Impression for People’s Good?
- Turning Team Leaders into Team Builders
- Two Kinds of Sensitive: The Unhealthy Kind
- Two Kinds of Sensitivity: The Healthy Kind
- Understand the Spiritual Gifting of Your Pastor
- Unity in Diversity: Both Different and the Same
- Unity or Disunity in the Church?
- Unlock the Door to Unity by Guarding Your Heart
- Unlock the Door to Unity by Walking Together in the Spirit
- Unlock the Door to Unity from Your Position “in Christ”
- Unlock the Door to Unity with God’s Love
- Use Your Spiritual Gifts to Spur Others on to Serve
- Vacation Bible School? Choosing VBS Curriculum
- Valentine’s Day Is . . .
- Value of a Personal Ministry Check-Up
- VBS . . . Is It Worth It?
- Volunteers Versus Paid Church Staff?
- Wait for the Lord
- Walk with God: Being AND Doing
- Want Something More Than Mere Religion?
- Want to Be More Discerning? – Get Into the Word
- Want to be More Discerning? – Learn to Love More
- Want to Be More Discerning? – Look at God
- Want to Be More Discerning? – Start from the Inside Out
- Ways for Adults to Memorize Scripture
- Ways the Holy Spirit Helps Us in Ministry
- Ways to Use Spiritual Gifts Outside of Church Walls
- Ways We Communicate What We Believe
- We All Need God’s Power
- We are the Light of the World – Let’s Live Like It
- We are the Salt of the Earth – Let’s Live Like It
- We Have Been Blessed
- We Help Each Other Grow
- We Need More Than Relevancy
- We Need More?
- We Need to Think Outside of the Box
- We Proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord
- We Proclaim Jesus, Not Ourselves
- Weddings are Just One Special Day
- What a Worship Service!
- What About Goals for Adult Ministries?
- What About Training for Adult Ministries?
- What are Examples of the Spiritual Disciplines?
- What are Spiritual Disciplines?
- What Are You Thankful For?
- What are your goals?
- What Can We Offer a God Who Owns It All?
- What Do You Depend on to Effectively Serve?
- What Do You Think About Your Pastor?
- What Does it Mean for a Christ-follower to be an Example?
- What Does the Bible Say About Self-Exaltation?
- What Does the Bible Say About Self-Protectiveness?
- What Does the Bible Say About Self-Striving?
- What Does the Cross Plus the Resurrection Equal?
- What God Uses to Build His Kingdom
- What Happened to Devotion to the Word?
- What in the World is Happening?
- What is Your Church Relying on?
- What it Takes to be a Blessing to Others
- What Kind of Bulletin Board Are You?
- What Kind of Leader Are You?
- What Makes a Friendly Church?
- What Qualities Characterize Your Church?
- What Really Matters in Ministry?
- What To Do About a Mid-Week Children’s Program
- What Type of Heart Do You Have?
- What We Have New in Christ Jesus
- What We Really Believe Matters
- What’s at the Root?
- What’s Important in Prayer
- What’s in a Name? Getting Beyond Labels
- What’s the Significance of the Great Commission?
- When Things Go Wrong in Ministry
- When VBS is Over, Then What?
- When You Engage in Spiritual Disciplines
- Where Should We Be As a Church?
- Where to Find Guidance
- Where’s the Power in the Church?
- Who Desires a Church That is Holy?
- Who God Is Affects How God Answers Prayer
- Who God Is Reflected in What God Does
- Who is Your Church Targeting?
- Who Needs to be Thoroughly Equipped?
- Who We Are Affects How We Serve
- Whose Responsibility is Discipleship?
- Why 6 Ministry Objectives Lead to Effectiveness
- Why Can’t the Church Recruit Volunteers?
- Why Christians Come Alongside of People in Need
- Why Don’t We Get That It’s About the Heart?
- Why Don’t We Provide Ministry Training for Everyone?
- Why Engage in Spiritual Disciplines?
- Why Learn about Spiritual Gifts?
- Why Singles Should Serve in Ministry
- Why Study Bible Characters
- Why We Proclaim Jesus
- Will the Summer Ministry Slump Lead to a Frazzled Fall?
- Winter Scenes Display the Wonders of Our God
- Winter Season Reminders of God
- Wisdom Needed
- Wisdom’s Foundation Contrasted
- Wisdom’s Outcomes Contrasted
- Worship a Priority?
- Young People’s Perception of the Bible
- Your Best Fit in Ministry
- Your Heart Passions: An Important Part of Your Ministry Profile
- Your Life Experiences: A Preparatory Part of Your Ministry Profile
- Your Life: A Picture of Christlikeness?
- Your Life: A Picture of the Fullness of Life in Christ?
- Your Life: A Picture that Glorifies God?
- Your Life: The Picture It Reflects
- Your Personality: A Defining Part of Your Ministry Profile
- Your Reaction When Ministry Doesn’t Go as Expected
- Your View of the Goodness of God Matters in Ministry
- Your View of the Greatness of God Matters in Ministry
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- Your Walk with God: An Integral Part of Your Ministry Profile
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