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We published a series on How to Avoid the Top 5 Reasons for Pastoral Terminations. This series by Conflict Management specialist Bob Sheffield springs from the 2006 Forced Termination survey conducted by the Church Minister Relation's Directors network in cooperation with LifeWay Christian Resources Part 5, Who Runs the Church? Part 4, The Church is Resistant to Change Part 3, Poor People Skills Part 2, Leadership Style Part 1, Church Already in Conflict

Pastor Craig Groeschel posted an excellent question for pastors and church staff on swerve.lifechurch.tv today you can read his post here ... Should I Stay Or Should I Go? I wanted to respond to his post by sharing two articles in the pastors area of LifeWay.com on this subject. These have been some of the most popular articles on lifeway.com in the past couple of years. The first article is 10 Factors to Consider Before Leaving Your Church by Conflict Management specialist Norris Smith . In this article, Norris says you should consider the following factors: Calling Circumstances Competencies Depletion Conflict Conduct Tenure Doctrine Environment Livelihood View the full article here 10 Factors to Consider Before Leaving Your Church The second article is How to Know When It's Time to Go by Calvin Wittman (Sr. Pastor of Applewood Baptist in Colorado). In this article, Calvin says we should look for "a compelling sense of call, an overwhelming certainty that God is call...

Hey Friends I wanted you to know that in a couple days I will move to a full time role at Gladeville Baptist Church as their Pastor for Vision and Purpose. I will be leading the staff and helping to align our leadership and church family to our vision and purpose. I would appreciate your prayers! I've been on staff at GBC as Pastor for Spiritual Growth for the past 2 1/2 years in a bivocational role. My last day at LifeWay is tomorrow (Fri, Oct. 31) but I will continue to send the weekly pastors today e-newsletter and edit the pastors area of lifeway.com on a contract basis. You can connect with me here ... Facebook http://www.facebook.com/people/Craig_Webb/526681166 Twitter http://twitter.com/pastorstoday/ Church Website http://www.gladevillechurch.org/ thanks so much! Craig

I've just posted the latest in a series of five articles on Pastor Terminations. This article deals with the sensitive issue of a pastor's people skills. Bob Sheffield defines people skills as “the ability of a pastor to minister effectively to and through people.” Sheffield shares four reasons he believes pastors struggle in relating to their church family and follows them with six practical tips for better people skills. I've added links in the article to other resources that I believe will be helpful. Read the Top 5 Reasons for Pastoral Terminations, Part 3, Poor People Skills And, if you missed the first two in this series .... Pastoral Terminations, Part 1, The Church was Already in Conflict When the Pastor Arrived Pastoral Terminations, Part 2, The Pastor's Leadership Style was Too Strong

Jeff Iorg is the president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He's just published a new book dealing with understanding the call of God. I've posted a 15-page sample that you can download from the LifeWay online catalog. This sample includes the title page, contents page, and chapter 8: "The Call to Pastoral Ministry." I recommend you order the book and read the sample while you're waiting on the book to come in the mail. It's a brief (115 pages) book that you will want to have on hand as you help others (or maybe yourself) process and understand the call of God on your life. Go to the LifeWay online catalog to download the sample then buy the book .