Spiritual Passion

Spiritual Passion

10/22/23 by Larry Barker What are you passionate about? What causes your heart to beat harder? You can tell what a person is passionate about in several ways. Maybe their voice gets louder, they begin to pound their fist on the table, or maybe their eyes well up with...
Fruitful Lasting Ministry

Fruitful Lasting Ministry

10/2/23 by Larry Barker The facts are in, the longer the tenure of the pastor the greater the potential for a more fruitful lasting impact. The enemy knows this and will throw up every obstacle he can to make sure this does not happen. There will be disappointments,...
The Right Person in the Right Place

The Right Person in the Right Place

9/25/23 by Larry Barker Is God telling you it is time to move to another ministry? Do you have the peace of God in your decision to move on or is there great inner turmoil? Make sure you are abiding in Him and His word is abiding in you. When you are in His will you...
Pastor Tenure

Pastor Tenure

9/11/23 by Larry Barker How long should a pastor stay at a church? While the answer to that question can be quite subjective there are a lot of prayerful considerations that must go into such a crucial decision. Statistics suggest that the average length of tenure is...
The Comparison Trap

The Comparison Trap

9/4/23 by Larry Barker There are many obstacles, challenges, and traps that a church leader can easily fall into. Hal Seed teaches on several of these in his Pastor Mentor materials such as: The “Maintenance-Only” Trap (2 Tim. 4:5) Letting the needs of the church stop...
Life Transformation Groups

Life Transformation Groups

8/28/23 by Larry Barker There are three (3) areas that need our continual focus for our individual lives and for our churches to be spiritually healthy. They are an upward or God-focus (Col. 2:9), an inward or personal-growth focus (I Pet. 2:2), and an outward or...