Adam J. Copeland is Director of Stewardship Leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches and directs the Center for Stewardship Leaders.
The reasons churches have part-time pastors vary. Some congregations are too large to be staffed by a solo pastor but too small to call a full-time associate pastor. Other congregations in decline call part-time pastors because they can't afford mor...
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Everyone knows that stewardship is more than money and finances. Nevertheless, seldom do we give time to explore the profound concept of stewardship in its many dimensions, including stewardship of time, work, body, mind, spirit, community, technolo...
It's true: most people don't enjoy talking about death or funerals. They're such significant life experiences, that it can seem better to not mention them too often. Yet the rituals we practice and the prayers we say when someone dies aren't improvi...
Most youth spend money every day-for lunch at school, songs for an iPod, text messaging fees-but they do not often discuss how their faith connects to those purchases. Jesus didn't give his disciples instructions about which brands to buy, but Jesus...
Oh, the youth mission trip. Smelly youth. Late nights. Hard work. Opportunities to see God in new ways. Chances are, your group's last mission trip took more time than expected to plan and some last-minute changes made life complicated for the leade...
As many congregations in our denomination experience flat or declining worship attendance, many church leaders turn to examples of growing worship services in other settings and seek to replicate the success. Some church leaders look to praise bands...