Articles for Topic: Change

I Found Purpose at the End of My Pastorate

From CTPastors By Chris Nye One thing you learn when you have a yard sale is that the people who regularly attend them are an eclectic bunch. They are scroungers, deal-getters, skeptics of anything “new”; they love a bargain, and they despise the negligently...

4 Guidelines for Pastors of the Declining Church

By Danielle Shroyer I’ve been interested in the work and writings of Margaret Wheatley for many years now. I just read her book, with Deborah Frieze, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now. They used the title “Walk Out,...

How Change Can Replenish—Or Drain—Your Reserves

From Center For Creative Leadership Change is inherently stressful. But it doesn’t have to be negative. Each new workplace change — new technology, new co-worker, new job responsibilities — requires you to invest time, effort and energy into adapting. Sometimes, it’s...

Rural churches struggle as resources flow to urban churches

Baptist News Global By Brian Kaylor It’s not easy being a small, rural church in America today. Denominations sometimes focus more resources on bigger, urban congregations. And luring a pastor to the boondocks is a major challenge. “Many seminary graduates will not...