Leading Church Revitalization Mark Hallock

If you don't control and manage your schedule in ministry, everyone else will. So, how are you doing managing your schedule? This is a struggle for many pastors. In this episode, we want to help you think through how to strategically make the most of their time each day in order to be the most fruitful pastor you can be. We will consider several key strategies to help you grow in this area.

“How well do you manage your schedule?” This is a question I often ask pastors and church leaders, especially those who are feeling discouraged or burned out. It’s amazing how interconnected the management of our schedules are with the joy and peace we experience day to day in ministry. In this episode, our focus will be considering what it looks like to build a healthy schedule, for the good of your soul, the good of your family, and the good of your ministry.

What does it look like to handle conflict in a God-honoring way? Whether criticized or caught up in a conflict, we are sinful people rubbing shoulders with other sinners. Fortunately, we follow a Savior who dealt with the same struggles and can sympathize. In every circumstance, the principles are the same. Christ shows the way forward. Here are eleven principles and tips for handling conflict biblically. 

While conflict is inevitable in our ministries, the question for us is, how will we lead through the conflict that comes? Let's consider for a few minutes how you deal with conflict as a leader. What is your conflict style, your personal disposition, and your approach toward disputes both big and small? What is your default?

Being criticized is never fun. It never feels good. In this episode, Part 2 of a series dealing with criticism in ministry, we will consider a number of unhealthy, as well as, healthy ways to respond to criticism when it comes our way in the church. May each of us look at our own hearts and humbly ask the Lord to help us become pastors and leaders who deal with criticism in God-honoring manner.

I’ve never met a pastor who really loves to be criticized. And yet it’s a painful reality that we all experience. For this reason, every pastor must consider how we will respond to personal criticism in our ministries. In this episode, part one of a two part series, we will consider five reasons why, though never enjoyable, we shouldn't be shocked when criticism comes our way.