Ministry & Leadership

Introducing The New PSF!

I have long felt inadequate as a writer for PlainSimpleFaith. Many of the topics I have addressed are bigger than me,...

Scripture is just as essential today as it was millennia ago. But it is your job – the teacher, elder, preacher,...

Everyone is looking for something, which is why your church has visitors. Some are looking for a place that has a...

Fact: Your church will have visitors who never come back. Some will leave after settling their mere curiosity about what you’re...

Sam and Veronica, a young couple, are expecting their first child in the next few months. They are scared, because in...

There’s a saying I’ve grown up hearing: “The most difficult part of ministry is not converting non-Christians; rather, the most difficult...

This is a guest post by Bryan Dill, the pulpit minister at the Holly Hill church of Christ in Frankfurt, KY....

God, in His perfect judgment, has designed the local church to be led by shepherds (cf. Acts 20:28; 1 Tim. 3:1-7;...

One of the greatest acts of love is church discipline. God “disciplines the one He loves” and “chastises every son He...

The world has infiltrated our churches. In our homes and in our school systems, “discipline” has been replaced with “positive reinforcement,”...