Just like real life in ministry, Psalm 90 begins well and ends well, but all was not well throughout. The middle was muddled. Most leaders, when they are honest, often feel this way. What do we do in the times when we’re in the middle and when things do not seem to be...
Two weeks ago, I gathered with the Every Nation Apostolic Council, Global Team, and Oversight Team in Istanbul, Turkey, for our Global Governance Summit. We prayed together, laughed together, ate together, debated doctrine and strategy together, and made some good...
As a pastor for decades now, I have received and heard many prayer requests. Most of these requests fall into three categories: physical health, finances, and relationships.With the physical, we are asking God for healing or protection from illness. With the...
What does the word “apostolic” really mean? What are we trying to say when we use it?If you have been around ministry long enough, you have probably heard it used as a way to exert authority over others.But just because it has sometimes been wrongly used does not mean...
Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or read a book, and it won’t take long to encounter someone’s opinion on what Christian leadership should look like. Whether people know the Bible or not, most individuals have a clear view—whether correct or incorrect—of...
Throughout church history, we have seen contractions (the church grows smaller whether through persecution, cultural pressures, geographical shifts, etc.) followed by expansions (the church grows larger, usually to a much greater size than before the contraction).To...
