The Maturity Myth

Category: Ministry, Leadership

Stage: Serve

By pursuegod

Discipleship requires speaking truth in love, but a lot of Christians don’t feel qualified to do this. They think they have to mature first and become more spiritual. They think, &ldqu...

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Are Women Allowed to Teach According to 1 Timothy 2:11-12

Category: Ministry, Theology, Apostolic

Stage: Discover

By David Bernard

We must take this passage in its Scriptural context. If we take the verses in isolation, it would mean that women cannot sing or testify in church. However, we know this is not true. If we look at th...

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How to Start Mentoring Conversations Anywhere

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Mentoring conversations can happen anywhere and with anyone, but how do you start those conversations? Ryan describes how he uses the resources on pursueGOD to start the mentoring conversations in eve...

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What Is Team Culture (and Why Does It Matter)?

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Every team and organization has a culture, and it means everything when it comes to accomplishing your mission and vision with full integrity. Once you’ve gained clarity on your team’...

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Preaching Goofs

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Even seasoned pastors mess up from time to time, but that doesn’t mean we should quit on our ministries. Pastors Mark Dever, James Macdonald, and Matt Chandler share some wisdom in this Gospel C...

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5 Reasons You Should Mentor

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Every Christian should mentor (disciple) at least a few people in their world, for at least five basic reasons: Reason #1: Jesus said so Jesus told his followers in Matthew 28 to...

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Team Fundamentals (Series) (Series)

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

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Operations Training (Series) (Series)

Category: Ministry

Stage: Serve

By Pursue God

This training series will equip people to serve on your church’s operations teams. Operations teams generally include: greeters, ushers, clean team, media team, sound team, building and grounds, a...

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Raise Ministry-Minded Kids

Category: Kids

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Jesus’ Great Commission says, “Go and make disciples”. He doesn’t say only parents can disciple or only the smart people with degrees can disciple someone. He says everyone, and that includes ...

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Seeing People as Jesus Does

Category: Ministry

Stage: Serve

By Pursue God

Discussion Questions: Watch the video together or invite someone to summarize the topic. What is your initial reaction to this video? Do you disagree with any of it? What jumped out at you? Write...

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How Jesus Handled Sexual Sin

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

In John 8, Jesus encountered a woman who was caught in adultery. Some religious guys wanted him to stone her – using the situation to try to trap Jesus – but his response is brilliant and instruc...

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Jesus Wasn't Unwilling to Serve (John 13)

Category: Ministry

Stage: Serve

By Pursue God

The Last Supper In John 13 Jesus does an incredible thing. It’s the last meal he will share with his disciples, and he gets up and starts to wash their feet. This wasn’t just weird, it was comp...

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What I Wish I Knew as a Leader

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Work toward only doing what only you can do Most pastors have to start out being generalists and wearing a bunch of hats in ministry. The faster you can move toward only doing what only you can do, t...

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Building a Team of Co-Leaders (Series) (Series)

Category: Ministry

By Pursue God

Use this track to learn how to lead your group as a team.

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Mentoring in Your Small Group (Series) (Series)

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

Use this 4-week track to discover how to make your group a catalyst for personal disciple-making.

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You Were Born To Reproduce

Category: Ministry

Stage: Serve

By Pursue God

In 1955 Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, preached a sermon called “Born to Reproduce”. It was later turned into a booklet and read by hundreds of thousands of Christians over the followi...

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Empowering Mentors to the Nth Generation

Category: Ministry

Stage: Impact

By Pursue God

If you’re meeting regularly with someone to mentor them, remember that the goal is to go beyond helping them to trust Jesus. You want them to go full circle. But what does that mean? As Christians, ...

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