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How much should a local church depend upon one pastor?

Isn’t it amazing how much stuff happens when you are gone?  Whether it is while on vacation or doing ministry outside your local church, inevitably the unforeseen happens when the one full-time pastor is gone and you cannot do anything

Posted in Oversight of Souls, The Pastor's Soul, Training for Ministry

Why am I urging Zambian pastors to preach expository sermons?

For the same reason I urge all other pastors to do the same.  There are all kinds of different  sermons a preacher can preach:  Doctrinal, evangelistic, topical, and several other kinds of sermons that are not bad in themselves and

Posted in Preaching, Training for Ministry

How does a man evaluate his desire for the work of pastoral ministry?

The answer to this question, is at the heart of what I am teaching today to these precious pastors at the Copperbelt Ministerial College in Ndola, Zambia.  Pastors from 4 different countries have journeyed to attend this week.   Very humbling.

Posted in The Pastor's Soul, Training for Ministry

How does a pastor provide guidance for those testing their preaching gifts in his local church?

How does someone evaluate if God has called them to preach?  Let them preach.  Profound, eh?  As obvious as this sounds, it is amazing the amount of men in local churches desiring to be pastors and considering a call to

Posted in Preaching, Training for Ministry
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