Starting and leading a local church
Moving people is a secular talk on how to take people from where they are to where you want them to be.
This post, Minister’s Riches Rejection, describes what is a healthy mindset for a minister as far as riches and covetousness.
By Pastor David Cox
What makes a Good Sermon? We review the 5 observations of Josh Vincent at 9Marks. Scripture-based, key point explained, preach Jesus, etc.
In How to transmit “morality” we will explore some “secrets” of how to “transmit morality”, i.e. make real Christians.
My idea in this topic is how do we truly make real Christians? In other words, we can easily offer incentives (like give-aways, esteem type rewards like offices and other “perks” to people to get them to attend and supposedly “be loyal”, but that is not making real Christians. The problem with these things is that their loyalty is “skin deep”, and as soon as somebody offers them something better, they jump. How to transmit “morality”
I have presented the position that it is just, fair, and biblical for a church to pay their minister/pastor a fair and just wage. Others have taken the position that the ministers of a church (pastor, deacons, elders, teachers, etc.) should never accept money for their labors as a minister. I do not think in most cases, we can extend this sharing in the financial burden of these men of God down to Sunday School teachers, but at least the pastor of a church should be full-time in his service for the Lord, and the church people should pay this.
