https://ChurchLeaders.com is dedicated to resourcing, informing, and connecting a community of church leaders for greater Kingdom impact worldwide.https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mvlbx3m7vs2sHe sat down at the piano and sang about the day he checked himself in, down to the staff taking his phone and his belt. Then he asked his followers whether he should post the whole song. https://churchleaders.com/news/2222657-chandler-moore-rehab-maverick-city-music.html15 Sep 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlbx3m7vs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mvipsfw25j2gThe banner beside the statue read, "May Charlie be received into the merciful arms of Jesus, our loving Savior." Someone painted over it in the middle of the night, less than a week after the statue went up. https://churchleaders.com/news/2222608-charlie-kirk-statue-vandalized.html14 Sep 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvipsfw25j2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mvbnmyy7xn26Charlie Kirk died with a microphone in his hand. A year later, Lucas Miles told a Dallas audience the mic did not fall silent, it changed hands. "Now it's our turn to pick up the mic," he said. https://churchleaders.com/news/2222569-lucas-miles-charlie-kirk-2026-rnc.html11 Sep 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbnmyy7xn26https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mv6wzgpj3k2nLucas Miles says the Charlie Kirk people watched on camera was the same one he knew behind closed doors. What his political audience rarely saw was the rest of it: a Bible open, and questions about the Council of Nicaea. https://churchleaders.com/news/2222515-lucas-miles-remembers-charlie-kirk.html10 Sep 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6wzgpj3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mufvzgusb724Dallas Jenkins just posted new footage from "The Chosen" Season 7, the show's final season, and he's calling the shoot "very bittersweet." See what he revealed about the last chapter of Jesus' story on screen. https://churchleaders.com/news/2222113-sneak-peek-filming-the-chosen-season-7.html31 Aug 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufvzgusb724https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mu3lsffx432tA pastor's affair rarely stays between two people. This look back at Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage traces exactly who pays for a leader's broken vow, and for how long. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/175236-joe-mckeever-high-cost-of-adultery-and-who-pays-it.html27 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3lsffx432thttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mu3aqhgo3u2wWes Huff says he wouldn't teach through this passage as if it were inspired Scripture. Instead, he'd use it to have an honest conversation with his congregation about how the Bible's text came together. https://f.mtr.cool/qm2s483v0727 Aug 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3aqhgo3u2whttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mu2zxv2fbh2nNew research found only 3% of pastors who leave ministry do so because of moral failure. The biggest reasons are far less dramatic and far more common. https://f.mtr.cool/1xcyqa0u2v27 Aug 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2zxv2fbh2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mu2wnmt7z427Why not just teach everyone one language in eternity? This article poses that exact question, and the answer traces all the way back to the Tower of Babel. It reframes how you think about worship, diversity and the mission of the church.  https://f.mtr.cool/hs47jlc4du27 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2wnmt7z427https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mu2t7rxy3d2w"Now, I am not groveling in self-pity. I tell this in the hope that younger ministers will see themselves in this and not make the mistakes I did." https://f.mtr.cool/eaw7gtjqjg27 Aug 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2t7rxy3d2whttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mu2pf2tnjs2s“Agree to disagree” may sound peaceful, but does it work when the disagreement concerns what Scripture calls sin? This article explains why compromise on sexuality ultimately creates confusion rather than Christian unity. https://f.mtr.cool/g9q7afe5xk27 Aug 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2pf2tnjs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtzruothpp2nThere are three kinds of couples living together before marriage, and each one needs a completely different response from you. https://f.mtr.cool/zl7wikg8qm27 Aug 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzruothpp2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtzogucqzx26Millions of members, door-to-door outreach, and constant talk of Jesus and salvation. But both groups teach something fundamentally different about who Jesus actually is, and that's the line historic Christianity has drawn for two thousand years.  https://f.mtr.cool/klzyqewwvn27 Aug 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzogucqzx26https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtz3dhjgdm2sShe holds no title, drew no salary, and never stood for a vote. Yet she may be the most vulnerable person in your church, and most congregations never see the weight she carries. https://f.mtr.cool/jo6zodjui326 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz3dhjgdm2shttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtytjr6tr72nOne week after a hopeful launch, half his crowd didn't return. Within five months, this NYC church plant had shrunk to just 35 people, and the pastor had no idea why. He now teaches pastors across the country how to spot that same unraveling before it happens to them. https://f.mtr.cool/4sd7uiuxtp26 Aug 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtytjr6tr72nhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtyqcmnro62nEvery pastor who stays in ministry long enough collects the same kind of story: a deacon who resigns over paint, a budget year that tanks morale, a staff member who goes quiet. Joe McKeever turned decades of those moments into a working list for pastors today. https://f.mtr.cool/qkhozdfm5g26 Aug 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyqcmnro62nhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtyjiz2yp62s'Thomas did not doubt Jesus. Thomas doubted the disciples.' Mr. T preached his home church a message that reframes one of the Bible's most misunderstood moments. https://f.mtr.cool/uv2hi0hu28 26 Aug 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyjiz2yp62shttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtyg6ohbbk26A careless endorsement, political appeal, public confession, or borrowed sermon can change how a congregation hears everything its pastor says afterward. Here are eight statements that should never come from the pulpit. https://f.mtr.cool/yb1t0dkett26 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyg6ohbbk26https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtycqur24b2tWhen a pastor is fired carelessly, the consequences can reach the pastor’s children, divide the congregation, drive members away, and follow the church for years. Here is what leaders need to consider before making that decision. https://f.mtr.cool/bcagg3whjo26 Aug 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtycqur24b2thttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mty6w5oo7i2nThe shift away from suits and ties corrected some unhealthy church culture. But has the pulpit moved too far from relaxed to careless? https://f.mtr.cool/bnqfqfq3mi26 Aug 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty6w5oo7i2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtwjum26zj2bIf you know a bi-vocational pastor, this list hits different. He's doing all 16 of these jobs on top of a second one that pays his mortgage. https://f.mtr.cool/1frmo0fw6x25 Aug 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwjum26zj2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtw7tpdujq2yEvery church has attendees. But not every church has members who actually build it up. Here are the six types of people Scripture says every congregation needs. https://f.mtr.cool/lefvimatdo25 Aug 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw7tpdujq2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtvz22eht32sShe was comfortable in Hinduism, not looking for anything else. Then in 2017, M.I.A. says she had a vision of Jesus Christ that turned her world upside down. https://f.mtr.cool/uf94ev4wkz25 Aug 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvz22eht32shttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtvvpmfnqv24Some of the most repeated 'verses' in church were never Scripture at all. One traces back to Benjamin Franklin. Another to Persian poetry. https://f.mtr.cool/2zy4xnhsi925 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvvpmfnqv24https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtvsbvdvhi27It sounds like humility: hearing every concern, validating every opinion, keeping the peace. A new piece argues that's actually where church leadership quietly starts to fail. https://f.mtr.cool/75tjyy733925 Aug 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvsbvdvhi27https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mtvoh7p4j52tThese seven boundaries every pastor should uphold help protect their marriage, ministry, and integrity. Learn how to avoid moral pitfalls and maintain purity in leadership. https://f.mtr.cool/a5457t0qhy25 Aug 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvoh7p4j52thttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3mp2lbncadp2mThe man who claims he's kept every qualification perfectly is the one this writer trusts least. Here's what the Bible really requires of those who lead the church. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/369747-when-is-an-elder-disqualified-from-ministry.html24 Jun 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2lbncadp2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3moycg7trhm2vMLB Commissioner Rob Manfred blamed the violation on the Giants failing to tell players they could opt out of the Pride caps entirely. The DOJ is now investigating the league anyway. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219261-mlb-commissioner-giants-players-displaying-bible-verses-pride-hats.html23 Jun 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3moycg7trhm2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3moy2ngy4pz27For every leader who falls, there are a thousand good ones. If a church split broke your heart and you walked away, this is a reminder not to give up on the church entirely. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/162654-how-to-recover-from-the-heartbreak-of-a-church-split.html23 Jun 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy2ngy4pz27https://bsky.app/profile/churchleaders.bsky.social/post/3movx6vbm6p2nAlongside a new single and anniversary tour, Skillet just reached a streaming milestone no Christian artist has achieved before. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219218-skillet-monster-john-cooper-spotifiy-scream-comatose-tour.html22 Jun 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:mdbylnrlaidadijcg5jiqhvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3movx6vbm6p2n