Pastors know that Easter is the most important day on our calendar. Not only did Jesus’ resurrection change eternity, but more lives can be reached and changed on Easter than any other day of the year. If you’ve done your inviting well, your Easter service will be filled with four types of people. Each of […]
Recent Articles
Impress your Easter Guests with this Free Gift
You want to make the most of Easter this year, but your to-do list looms large. And you want to do what’s most important. What can you do that will make a big impression on your Easter guests and have a spiritual impact on them after they go home? Give your Easter guests a copy of The God Questions Gift Edition. Here’s […]
The Surprising Way you can Overcome Obstacles in Ministry
See how you can manage your perspective on your trials and learn how to overcome obstacles in your ministry. When I talk with pastors in person and online, there is a common theme: we all face challenges that threaten to undo us. It may be church members or staff leaving painfully. It may be a […]
8 Steps to Help You Hear from God when you Need Leadership Direction
Of all the skills required to lead a local church, maybe the most important is the ability to hear from God about the direction of your church. Every church and Christian movement needs a Moses (and only one Moses) who can ascend the mountain and hear from God about His desires and direction for His […]
Would you like a free 2024 Church Calendar Planner from PastorMentor?
Are you the kind of person who likes to plan? If you are, you probably have your sermon series lined out for 2024, you know the date for next Easter, and you could tell me what’s coming at your church six months from now. You’re the kind of person who loves a good plan, and […]
2 Inspiring Stories for Pastors to Live and Preach from the War in Israel
How a Retired General in Israel Gives Us a Master Class in Courage The retired Israeli major-general, Noam Tibon, drove south on Saturday, October 7th, his wife, Gali, beside him. His son had called to tell him they heard automatic gunfire and Arabic outside the window of their home on the kibbutz Nahal Oz. Tibon […]
Israel Prayer Guide: How to Lead your Church to Pray for Israel at War
What can Christians around the world do to help Israel? We can be deliberate in prayer. Use this Israel Prayer Guide to lead your church to pray for Israel and Gaza. Our hearts are grieved by what we’ve seen in Israel in the days since the attack by Hamas. We stand with Israel. This Prayer […]
27 Great Books on Prayer for Pastors to Read and Recommend
Prayer is the highway that takes us into God’s presence. Reading a book on prayer is like putting gas in the tank. Why don’t we pray more? Well, we’re busy and distracted, we’re hounded by evil forces coming against prayer, or we forget that apart from Jesus we can do nothing (John 15:4). When you read […]