Dear Pastor

We asked experienced pastors and seminary professors to put themselves in the apostle Paul’s shoes: You’re writing a letter to a present-day ministry leader. What issues do you want to address, and what theology can you bring to bear on them?

What Gen Z knows about the church

It’s not that they know nothing; it’s just that we don’t like to talk about what they know.

Deliverance for oppressed and oppressor

The early Black church understood that the church is not just a place for worship—it is a launching pad for liberation.

It’s not about the building

A pastor’s call is to follow Jesus beyond budgets, roofs, and steeples.

Imagining the grace to come

Witness is an act of trust in a God who sends us to see and tell of all the things God is doing.

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