by Dennis Bickers | Nov 30, 2016 | Opinion
I assisted dozens of churches as they sought a new pastor during my 14 years serving as a judicatory minister. It was always a challenge to find a pastor for smaller churches, and it became increasingly more difficult to find pastors for medium and larger churches as...
by Dennis Bickers | Nov 28, 2016 | Opinion
I am a proponent of strong pastoral leadership. I don’t believe in dictatorial, controlling leadership, but I do believe one of the reasons why churches struggle today is because of a lack of strong leadership from pastors. I believe in discerning God’s...
by Dennis Bickers | Nov 4, 2016 | Opinion
Rick Warren recently described how Saddleback Church has changed its outreach and evangelism strategies over the years. When he first graduated from seminary, computers were large, slow machines used by very few people. The Internet was in its infancy, and no one had...
by Dennis Bickers | Aug 17, 2016 | Opinion
The lack of civility in U.S. public conversation has increased in recent years, and the current presidential election is making it even worse. Far too much of what I hear and see expressed in conversations between people who disagree on various topics is rude, vulgar...
by Dennis Bickers | Jul 26, 2016 | Opinion
I assisted dozens of churches as they sought a new pastor during my 14 years serving as a judicatory minister. It was always a challenge to find a pastor for smaller churches, and it became increasingly more difficult to find pastors for medium and larger churches as...
