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Episode 39: “Pastor as Community Activist” featuring Heber Brown, III
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How can pastors be on the frontlines of community activism while also being faithful to their call? In this episode we speak with Heber Brown, III, pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church and founder of the Black Church Food Security Network, about his work for racial justice in Baltimore and beyond.

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Lewis Center Director F. Douglas Powe describes shifting staffing patterns and ministry models emerging as more and more mainline congregations suffer decline. The Lewis Center…

Lovett Weems speaking to a group
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Looking for practical strategies to more effectively engage others and lead change? Listen as leadership expert Lovett H. Weems Jr. shares some of his sage advice on the attitudes and practices that can help church leaders thrive.

Focus Train at Union Station, Toronto. CREDIT: Chris Cheadle, All Canada Photo, Universal Images Group, Rights Managed, For Education Use Only
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Bishops and their Cabinets are entering the season of appointment-making. Many bishops and superintendents have developed careful processes and then seek to improve them each…

Leading Ideas Map showing two churches several miles apart in different towns
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It is increasingly common for a congregation to share a pastor with another congregation and for pastors to be serving more than one church. Lew…

Leading Ideas Pastor with their index finger in the air
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Charley Reeb, a Florida pastor known as a gifted preacher, says that it’s often easiest for listeners to stay focused when a sermon is organized…

That'll Preach! in stylized text
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How can you connect with more people and engage current parishioners better through preaching? In this Leading Ideas Talks, Lewis Center Director Douglas Powe speaks with Pastor Charley Reeb, author of That’ll Preach!: 5 Simple Steps to Your Best Sermon Ever (available at Cokesbury and Amazon).

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Personnel matters in ministry settings are almost always more complicated than in business, says church leadership expert Mike Bonem. He names the shifts in attitude…

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Karoline Lewis writes that the notion that one can keep all the important aspects of life in perfect balance is an unattainable myth. It can…

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Our basic responsibility as Christian stewards is to manage our personal financial resources so that we can care for ourselves and our families and marshal…


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