Pastor's Blog: The Grass Is Green Right Where You Are
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This week I’ve enjoyed the chance to sit down with some of my pastoral peers and participate in an annual conversation that I’ve been blessed to be a part of for over twenty years. The group is made up of Baptist pastors in congregations that are similar to one another in terms of membership, budgets, staffing, and context. Consequently, the conversation we hold involves
Pastor's Blog: Servant Sermons
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I have so appreciated our church’s response to the changes we have made in our Deacon Ordination service. What seems to have connected with our membership most of all are the Deacon testimonies, where each of the ordinands shares a brief word on what the church has meant to him or her. I know I am better for hearing these heartfelt expressions. They remind me of...