by Chris Aho | Aug 20, 2019 | change
Have you ever visited Seattle? It is a magical place. In Seattle, the coffee tastes better (skip the green mermaid, you can’t get her here), the soccer is better (Go Sounders!), and even the views are better (when it’s not raining). But it wasn’t always...
by Tracy Hartman | Aug 14, 2019 | mission
Yesterday I was with a group of inter-faith pastors and educators. When we introduced ourselves, we shared our names, where we served, and the greatest challenge we faced in ministry. The answers to the last question surprised no one: “My church has been declining –...
by Barry Howard | Aug 6, 2019 | pastor search process
When I was a senior in high school, I was elected as the youth representative to the Pastor Search Committee at my home church. I had already shared with my church family my sense of call to ministry, so it was an informative and inspiring experience to see firsthand...
by Bill Wilson | Jul 30, 2019 | healthy ministry
If asked to identify a favorite New Testament character, most of us go with the predictable and obvious: Barnabbas, Mary, Nathaniel, Peter, Lydia, Timothy, Phoebe. You know the list. Let me remind you of an obscure character who can remind us of an important truth...
by Matt Cook | Jul 23, 2019 | future
Right after I turned forty years old I went to see my optometrist. We were moving from Little Rock to Wilmington and my very budget conscious wife insisted I should go since for a few more weeks we would still have vision coverage through her job. Nothing was really...
by CHC | Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
aThe Center for Healthy Churches, a six-year-old consulting and coaching group, is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Matt Cook as full-time Assistant Director. Dr. Cook joins the Center after having served local congregations for more than twenty-five years...
by Joel Snider | Jul 9, 2019 | preaching
My education in preaching aligns with the tradition of excellence in manuscripts. It is the tradition of the crafted phrase and the choice of the perfect word at the perfect time. It is the tradition which includes Fosdick, Buttrick, and Claypool. After using an...
by Barry Howard | Jul 2, 2019 | call
While editing the recently published book, Call Stories, I had the privilege of reading dozens of unique testimonies of women and men God had called to pastoral ministry.These stories prompted me to revisit my own call experience at the early age of 16. I am grateful...
by Bill Wilson | Jun 25, 2019 | future
Are you tired of the doomsday rhetoric about the church in America? Have you noticed that the bandwagon of those predicting the imminent demise of congregational life is filled to capacity? Are you ready to tune out another diatribe proclaiming that the church ship is...
by CHC | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Center for Healthy Churches, a six-year-old consulting and coaching group, is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Craig Sherouse to their team. “Craig is a wise and gifted pastor and leader, and he brings enormous gifts to this work”, said Dr. Bill Wilson,...
