practical-ministry

Category - Ministry

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min4

Digital Discipleship Ministry

Church Leadership Training: 5 Qualities Every Leader Needs

Jennifer GrishamJune 20, 2025

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min6

Ministry

5 Ways to Prevent Pastoral Burnout

Ryan NelsonJune 13, 2025

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min14

Ministry

Is Your Church Truly Healthy? Look to Love, Not Metrics

Daniel StegemanJune 12, 2025

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min14

Biblical Studies Ministry

Servant-Leadership: How Jesus Redefines Greatness

Steve AuldJune 6, 2025

An image of a pastor at the center, with faded, semi-transparent figures on either side representing the complex tension between isolation and connection in pastoral friendships.

min23

Ministry

What Is Friendship—and Can Pastors Find It in the Church?

Casey BedellJune 3, 2025

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min12

Preaching

4 Father’s Day Sermon Ideas Every Christian Can Apply

Logos StaffMay 27, 2025

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min18

Biblical Studies Ministry

Unpacking Elders and Deacons, Shepherds and Servants of the Church

Guy WatersMay 17, 2025

Mothers Day Sermon Ideas

min13

Ministry Preaching

Mother’s Day Sermon Ideas: 4 Unusual, Powerful Options

Karen EngleMay 1, 2025

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min11

Ministry

Faithful Ministry Begins with Attending to One’s Soul

Daniel ViezbickeApril 29, 2025

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min16

Ministry Practical Theology

How to Minister in a Disenchanted Age? 1 Peter and Re-Personalization

Casey BedellMarch 20, 2025

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min12

Culture and Context Ministry

Why Christian Vocation Now Requires Learning About Other Faiths

Veli-Matti KärkkäinenMarch 17, 2025

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min12

Ministry

Why Protestant Pastors Should Read a Catholic Pope on Pastoral Ministry

Ray Van NesteMarch 3, 2025

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min10

Sermon Tools

Pastor, Learn How to Maximize Your Sermon Prep

Tanner ThetfordFebruary 20, 2025

A man wearing a suit and holding a bible to represent the importance of pastors navigating artificial intelligence in ministry.

min12

Digital Discipleship

Pastors, AI Is Here: 3 Questions You Should Be Asking

Douglas EstesFebruary 11, 2025

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min12

Church History Preaching

How to Preach Like John Chrysostom, “the Golden-Mouthed”

Gerald BrayFebruary 4, 2025

The Book of Common Prayer open to the cover page, with a cross on top of it to represent the importance of prayer books.

min12

Ministry Resources Spiritual Formation

The Surprising Benefits of Prayer Books & How to Use Them

Drew KeaneJanuary 20, 2025

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min11

Ministry Resources Spiritual Formation

Transform Your Prayer Life: 11 Essential Books on Prayer

W. David O. TaylorJanuary 16, 2025

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min7

Logos Training Sermon Tools

Sermon Planning: How to Get Ahead without Stressing Out

Jason StoneJanuary 8, 2025

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min13

Preaching Theology

How to Teach the Hypostatic Union: 2 Natures, 1 Person, 0 Heresies

Mitch ChaseJanuary 6, 2025

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min12

Ministry Ministry Resources

Why Theology Is for Everyone & How the Church Can Provide Training

Kelley MathewsDecember 23, 2024

Diversity, Worship, and Colossians 3:16 in bold letters, with a portion of the article text in the background.

min10

Ministry

Why Diversity in Worship Matters (and How to Achieve It)

Jimmy McNealDecember 11, 2024

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min11

Ministry Preaching

10 Unexpected Christmas Sermon Ideas Worth Using—and More

Logos StaffNovember 25, 2024

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min14

Ministry Practical Theology

Is Your Church Liturgy Political? Worship as Politics

Casey BedellOctober 31, 2024

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min12

Ministry Practical Theology

Leading with Repentance: On Pastoring Between Pew and Politics

John HaralsonOctober 24, 2024

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min14

Biblical Languages Preaching

Pastor, Are You Making These Common Lexical Mistakes?

JoAnna HoytOctober 15, 2024

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min14

Ministry

Hospitality in the Bible: Following Jesus’s Hospitality of the Cross

Mark BriansSeptember 16, 2024

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min12

Bible Study Ministry

9 Simple Ways to Engage Gen Z with the Bible

Sean McGeverSeptember 5, 2024

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min14

Church History Ministry

Women in Acts: Women’s Role in the Birth of the Church

Elyse FitzpatrickAugust 5, 2024

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min17

Ministry Theology

No Longer Captives: Released from the Cage of Romans 7

Joseph DodsonJuly 26, 2024

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min18

Ministry

“Is This Sinful?”: How to Know Whether Something Is a Sin

Jeffrey WiesnerJuly 22, 2024

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