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Before we can consider the role of the interim pastor in church revitalization, I think I would do well to clarify who these guys are that I’m talking about. Broadly ...

My post today is a book review, sort of, but please don’t change the channel too quickly. If you are part of a church which needs revitalization, this post will ...

I’m a big believer in majoring on the majors. For a local church, majoring on the majors means loving God and people and faithful obedience to the Bible while we’re ...

I’m just now (June, 2026) wrapping up a one-year revitalization cohort with four great pastors from three states. It has been a joy.  I have learned a lot from these ...

I would guess that most pastors have believed, at one time or another, that they have been sentenced to serve as the pastor of a “bad church.” The problem is ...

Back in the 1990’s, I attended the same big, wonderful pastor’s conference year after year. I often showed up at the conference in tough shape physically, for it was always ...

Back in my childhood there was a TV show called “Queen for a Day” which I watched with my mother when I was home sick from school.  Each show was ...

I recently dedicated four posts to the question of “Why would a good God send us a bad pastor?” (Click here for the first of the four.) I followed it ...

“How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.” Psalm 133:1 This is my sixth post in six weeks on the subject of “bad pastors.”  I’m putting ...

The parsonage was empty…again…  This time it was left a little dirtier and messier than it was a year ago.  It looked like somebody had departed in a hurry, and ...

Here’s the last “bad pastor” horror story I’ll share for a while: Even before I completed the interim pastorate, Donna and I were beginning to have concerns about the new ...

I’ve heard my share of horror stories about bad pastors. Very few of them are as unfortunate as one I was involved in personally. Near the end of an interim ...