by Dennis Bickers | Nov 20, 2013 | Opinion
In recent weeks I’ve talked with some pastors who are considering if it might be time to move to a new place of ministry. Some of them are under pressure to leave their current church so it probably is time for them to be seeking a new church. Others feel that...
by Dennis Bickers | Nov 8, 2013 | Opinion
As a judicatory leader, I spend a lot of time listening to pastors and church lay leaders talk about the numerous challenges of doing ministry in the 21st century. They talk about how difficult it is to attract new people to their churches, apathy within their own...
by Dennis Bickers | Oct 28, 2013 | Opinion
My doctor of ministry project focused on the impact of coaching for bivocational ministers. Several bivocational ministers were coached as part of this project. This study later became a book, and the following is an excerpt from one of the chapters. Pastor B...
by Dennis Bickers | Oct 18, 2013 | Opinion
Gil Rendle’s book, “Journey in the Wilderness: New Life for Mainline Churches,” compares where the church is today with the wilderness journey Moses and the Israelites were on for 40 years. Near the end of the book, Rendle specifically addresses the...
by Dennis Bickers | Oct 11, 2013 | Opinion
My doctor of ministry project focused on how coaching could be one tool that could assist bivocational ministers to enjoy more productive and healthy ministries. I then turned this into a book that includes a number of case studies of bivocational ministers I have...
