REMEMBERING YOUR LEADERS: A BIBLICAL MANDATE
By Steve Holt Church Services Director, TBMB Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith. (Hebrews 13:7, CSB) October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Since the early 1990s, church members have been encouraged to recognize the sacrificial service of their pastors in […]
DOVER PASTOR NOT ‘PRONE TO WANDER’
By David Dawson Baptist and Reflector [email protected] DOVER — Melvin Dunaway initially assumed he would only last about seven days at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Dover. Turns out, his estimate was a little off — by about 16,500 days. Dunaway recently announced his retirement after serving as Pleasant Grove’s pastor for 45 years — […]
SERMON OR SOLILOQUY? THOUGHTS ABOUT PREACHING
By Larry Robertson Pastor, Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville I love to hear Shakespeare filtered through the story-telling flair of Andy Griffith. In his rendition of Romeo and Juliet, he paused to explain the meaning of a soliloquy. He said, “A soliloquy is where you kinda look a way off and kinda talk to yourself. They […]
PASTORS, WIVES LEARN ABOUT BALANCING MINISTRY, MARRIAGE AT CONFERENCE
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Happily wed to his new bride Pennie, Joe Wright didn’t want to travel without her in his role as executive director of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network (BSCLN). “When I interviewed with the BSCLN and they offered me the position, I shared with them, ‘This is […]
ALWAYS TIME FOR A SMILE: GLENN POSTS SOME OF HIS MOM’S FUNNY ONE-LINERS ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS
Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — During four years of caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s, Mike Glenn would stop on the way to his office and have coffee with her most every day. He noted the visits were sometimes “funny” and other times, “painful beyond belief.” Glenn began a Twitter series called “Coffee with Mom” […]
GETTING PERSONAL
Brentwood pastor shares about his mom’s disease in his new book about Alzheimer’s, dementia By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] BRENTWOOD — As a minister for more than 40 years, Mike Glenn walked through the valley of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with many families over the years. But he admits that until you […]
LEGAL CHALLENGE TO HOUSING ALLOWANCE ENDS
Baptist Press DALLAS — The legal challenge to the constitutionality of the ministerial housing allowance is over — for now. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) announced June 14 it would not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court its March judicial loss. The decision concluded the latest effort to gain nullification of the allowance that […]
TBMB LEADER DISCUSSES PASTORAL BURNOUT
By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] FRANKLIN — As the calendar rolled from April into May, TBMB leader Randy C. Davis reflected on the burden he feels for pastors and ministers who suffer from burnout. In his monthly Radio B&R podcast (see Episode 30 here), Davis commented on the TBMB board of directors meeting held April 30 […]
10 WAYS MINISTERS CAN MAXIMIZE VACATIONS
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director I love vacations, but I have to work at them. I have trouble “turning off” the ministry mode. When my youngest daughter was about 11, she said, “Daddy, I bet these folks hate to hear you’re on vacation.” When I asked her why, she said, “Because […]
ESSENTIALS TO LOOK FOR IN A PASTOR
By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R Pastors come and go in the lives of churches, but each one is critically important to the church. Pastors are God’s gift to a church and appointed by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:11; Acts 20:38). Each real pastor has one essential at the heart of his calling and […]