The Cincinnati Area Baptist Association (CABA) invests in church planters through services that would benefit them rather than fund them....

Experiences bring more joy than things you own. Family vacations, mission trips, Christian concerts, and, yes, lively discussions in a...

Church leaders, especially pastors, connect with me all the time asking how to bring change without (a) getting them fired and (b) to...

Here are the last five requirements to start a disciple-making revolution in your church. #6: Empower Leaders: Revolutions bring out the...

Changing yourself is one thing. Changing the culture of a people is something else. Yet, change is possible. Just think it – we’re...

If a Pastor Search Team does not have a plan, then they typically focus on the preaching aspect. Is he a good pulpiteer? Can he bring it?...

At last year’s annual state baptist convention meeting, Sandy Wisdom-Martin, the WMU executive director, came up to me and said that I...

When I was learning to drive, my Dad asked me, “Why do you stop at a stop sign?” When I said, “Because it’s the law,” he agreed, but said...

Jason McKinney blessed me a few months ago. He told me that he had heard that one church we trained together was still sending out...

Welcome to part 2 of 40 ways to live like a missionary! Be open to what the Lord convicts you to start doing today! 21.  Learn a new...

By the time this airs, your New Year’s resolutions have probably fizzled. So, just maybe you would be open to new resolutions that could...

A national group of SBC small group leaders put out this question: "If I were to use my groups as a means of connecting, strengthening,...

One of the men I’ve been praying for this year posted on social media how lucky he had been. He was trying to be upbeat, but listed over...

In Matthew 15:11, Jesus said, “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a...

The pastor of a CABA church said that he always printed out copies of his emails to give to church members who don’t have computers. My...

My Facebook account was hacked last Fall. I lost complete control. The hacker then turned into a scammer and posted several items for...

Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains , said that when he was out jogging, he violated every rule when he encountered a black...

The chairman of deacons of a once-large church in another state sought my input on his new plan. The church used to run 900+ and was now...

Smells start each fall with pumpkin-spice lattes, fresh-baked apple pies at Thanksgiving, and we’re now in homes filled with the scent of...

In 1950, a woman returned to Cincinnati from vacationing in Milan, Italy. Traveling in her luggage was a little lizard. And for some...