Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for Pastors

If you are a new pastor, or a young pastor, you may be "leading" people in your church who are 2-4 times older than you! They are wiser, more experienced, wealthier, and have significantly more substantial jobs than you. But if you will take to heart these eight pieces of advice, if you'll engage and employ them in your life and ministry, you'll likely have much more influence...

Jeff coaches young pastors and new pastors on four common myths us pastors shouldn't believe, but sometimes do! After almost 36 of ministry, Jeff has learned much of what he teaches and coaches the hard way. He shares today from what he learned as a new pastor, and what he has seen new pastors that he's coached... do. This episode will give you some good perspective as you start out a ne...

Jim Cymbala is the author of his 1997 book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People , and for over 50 years has been the pastor of The Brooklyn Tabernacle in Brooklyn NY. His most recent book, Fan The Flame - Let Jesus Renew Your Calling and Revive Your Church , is available on the Brooklyn Tabernacle site for much less. Check out what Jim has t...

Today I have a recommendation for you! You do not want to miss it. Engage in it this weekend at some point, and GET BETTER because of it. Here's my unusual recommendation, and my usual affirmations! :-) Support the show For more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast !

I was browsing through Colossians chapter 1 and had to pause and share these thoughts with you, my pastor friends! Sometimes I can get caught up in the things I have to DO, and I always need to redirect myself back to PEOPLE. I have to be in proximity to people, and work hard to present everyone fully mature in Christ. Thanks for listening to this episode and letting me chat with you about what Go...

Healthy staff teams take work, whether they are paid or volunteer staff. One is not easier than the other - just because you pay them doesn't mean your relationship with them will be automatically healthy and productive. Just because they're volunteers doesn't mean it will be easier or harder to manage the interaction. Just like a marriage, or a healthy and fit body, staff relations...

Todd Rhoades has been in the "Connecting Staff to Churches" business since the dawn of the New Millennium, the year 2000! He recently spent 10 years on the team at the Leadership Network , and almost four years ago co-founded ChemistryStaffing.com with Matt Steen. Todd has been neck deep in ministry practice, theory, and leadership for a long time. I've seen him on websites and emai...

Jeff shares 2 simple things that will improve your message or talk THIS weekend! Have a great weekend! See you tomorrow for the Weekend Edition of the CFP Podcast! Enjoy! Support the show For more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast !

You get up early, you stay up late, you go to bed with unfinished work on your mind and to-do list, and it's an unusually busy and stressful week. You have a funeral or two, a message to finish, people to visit with, staff to plan with, a day trip and some meetings, a grandkid's birthday party, a board meeting, baptisms to prepare for, appointments to keep track of, lunch meetings, perha...

Jeff uses a quote from Max Du Pree about the first responsibility of a leader, then speaks to pastors about adopting the posture of, of all things... a tax collector! Don't be too hard on yourself pastor, God will have mercy on you, a SINNER! Support the show For more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast !

This episode features Roger Parrot, the President of Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. (I've always wanted to type out the whole state name!). Roger wrote the book: Opportunity Leadership - Stop Planning and Start Getting Results . Check out the University's website - it's so well done. Also, check out Rogers 5-Part Video series on The Real Cost of College - 5 Myths. Enjo...

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Today I talk about two very important, and very different things. 1. Doctrine, what we believe the Bible teaches and God desires. 2. How do we minister to lost people in our community? Denominations are splitting over serious cultural and moral issues, and often lost and hurting people, even those seeking God, are getting caught in the crossfire of Christians who are drawing sharp lines of doctrin...

We live in a negative world, and a negative culture. Selfishness, greed, lust, and power all work to deliver a very negative energy culture. Even many Christians have become fatalists, doomsdayers, and downers. We have to fight to maintain a positive attitude and outlook - but it's worth the fight! Here are 8 ways you can move the ball down the field for happiness, joy, and positivity! Enjoy!...

We are all interim pastors and leaders. At some point, we will walk away from our ministry or organization. Today I talk about setting a goal for the end of 2023 that we wouldn't be needed anymore. Unneeded because we have equipped our team and our people to do ministry and lead without us. Would that not be a great reality? Then we can get started on a new venture, a new ministry, a new proj...

Sometimes we want to get a different result - so we just double down on what we have already been doing.  Wrong. I have two suggestions for you. Enjoy! P.S. Happy New Year 2023!! Support the show For more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episodes of the 200churches Podcast !

Is God still in the business of redemption? Is he redeeming people and restoring them back into a loving relationship with him? You'd better believe it! As we stare down 2023 coming right at us, I'm thinking about redemption stories in my life, and the people in my world who have yet to be redeemed. There will be people who God brings to us so that we can partner with him in the redempti...

Today's guest conversation is with Dr. Scot McKnight from Northern Seminary in Chicago. Here is what Northern says about Scot: Dr. Scot McKnight is a world-renowned speaker, writer, professor and equipper of the Church. He is a recognized authority on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the New Testament. His blog, Jesus Creed, is a leading Christian blog. Dr. McKnight’s most recent...

I (Jeff) have been brooding through Jeremiah. It bothers me. The people, how they so easily and willfully turn away from God, from their source of life, and set themselves up for such judgment! What really bothers me is how much I am like them. That's what I want to talk with you about today... Support the show For more great content and conversations for pastors, check out the over 400 episo...

Sometimes during December and the Christmas season people actually experience more discouragement and even depression. The short days and long periods of darkness, the cold, missing family at the holidays, etc. Pastors are not immune to the same things. On this episode Jeff reminds you as a pastor that when the angels came to announce the Good News of the arrival of the Messiah - they came first t...

Hey my friend, aren't we all sad when Christian leaders are taken down by their own words? Lies, fabrications, (I'm not sure the difference!) racist comments, bad jokes, careless words, sexual innuendo, "off mic" comments, in the heat of the moment retorts, etc. Careless or empty words can cause much pain to us, our families, our churches, and the cause of the Gospel of Jesus....

Kurt Trempert is the lead pastor of HarvestDowntown.org in Colorado Springs CO and has served there for 23 years. He and I talked about what he has learned in ministry, how his experiences have shaped him, his strengths and weaknesses, and what the most important responsibilities of pastors are... and more! Kurt's book is called Kaleidoscope - Keeping the Church from Becoming a Museum . You&a...

Culture is created either by accident, or by intention. YOU, my friend, must be an intentional culture creator in your church. Nobody cares more, loves more, or is more committed to the mission and the call than you! Jeff shares how to create culture in your church. Don't let someone else do it by accident, you take the responsibility for this one! Support the show For more great content and...

The leadership of a church sets the tone, the heart, the culture, and the direction of the church. Tomorrow we'll talk about culture, but today - only you as the lead pastor, or solo pastor, can select and develop leaders in your church. Others may help you, but you have to direct them, essential do it through them. YOU are responsibility for the selection and development of leaders. Pastors...

Pastor, do you believe that your prayers for the people in your church can have a dramatic effect on their lives?  Well... you'd better! :-) Because prayer is powerful and effective and the pastor's prayers for his or her people will make a big difference. That's what I am talking to you about today - what ONLY YOU can do in your church. As the pastor, your prayers are quite importa...