Author: Tim Allchin

5 Benefits of Training Your Leaders in Care and Counseling

As many churches wrestle with the post-pandemic restart of their church, many look forward with anticipation of the ministry opportunities ahead. We have experienced a resurgence of churches interested in pivoting from an emphasis on the platform-based ministry to a more balanced approach that preaches the word publicly but shepherds the word personally. Someone asked me the other day if the … Read More
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The Value of Age and Experience: Embracing the Gift of Gray Hair

I remember hearing my grandparents talk about the “Great Depression” and how their family survived through the fear of hunger, sickness, and homelessness. This hardship shaped a generation in similar ways that other traumatic events like World War 2, Vietnam, and 9/11 have. Perhaps the pandemic of 2020 will shape this generation as well.  In Proverbs, Solomon speaks with experience about … Read More
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Pursuing Peace in My Emotions

Editors Note: This article is written as part of our series on Pursuing Peace. In this series, our counselors are unpacking how to find peace in all areas of your life. If we believe that we are at peace with God and we are pursuing peace around us with others, we will experience more peace within us. The position of peace … Read More
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Ministry that Lasts, Part One

What lessons should those in church leadership have learned about the way we “do church” over this past year? As the director of a counseling center in Chicago, I talk with many pastors from many different denominations and various sized churches. Many of those pastors are tired and worn out. One of the most frequent questions I ask them is how much ministry they give away: Are they doing all the ministry themselves? Are they focused on doing more and more by themselves? Too often, pastors struggle to tell me how they are equipping the leaders of their church in ways that amount to anything of significance. Continue Reading →

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