The 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.html

MLB 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.html

For 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.html

Alongside 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.html

Most pastors assume trust is lost through scandal. In reality, it usually disappears through small leadership habits repeated over time. Here are 12 trust killers that may already be costing you credibility. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/2211751-build-trust-as-a-pastor.html

A person who left an abusive church at 25 may still freeze at a familiar hymn at 45. Spiritual abuse leaves marks that benign moments can reopen without warning. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/2218741-spiritual-abuse-church-hurt-recovery.html

'I love the sinner, I just hate the sin' rarely sounds like love. Sometimes it sounds like contempt with a Bible verse stapled to it. Here's the test that tells the difference. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/391266-10-big-things-jesus-said-which-we-keep-forgetting.html

Carrie Underwood has never been quiet about her faith, and her latest post pairs love of country with gratitude to God just weeks before America turns 250. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219185-carrie-underwood-gratitude-god-love-country.html

One victim says the former pastor told him sexual acts would provide the 'covering of Jesus' and protect him from evil. The 66-year-old will now spend the rest of his life behind bars. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219178-terry-reed-80-years.html

The internet had a lot to say about Jelly Roll's divorce. Last week, the 'Son of a Sinner' singer finally set the record straight in front of a live audience. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219171-jelly-roll-breaks-silence-on-divorce.html

Tournament on a holiday weekend. No exceptions. Sound familiar? If youth sports have started crowding out Sundays, holidays, and family time, you are not alone. There is a better way to navigate it. https://churchleaders.com/youth/youth-leaders-articles/155399-when-sports-become-god.html

Something feels off in your worship service, but you can't quite name it. These five common assumptions might be the reason your congregation is watching instead of worshiping. https://churchleaders.com/worship/worship-articles/278874-bad-ideas-worship-service-fake-rich-kirkpatrick.html

Most churches do not collapse because of a scandal. They decline one sentence at a time. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/310599-7-deadly-statements-church-members-thom-rainer.html

Every time a pastor falls, the people closest to it say the same thing: they saw the signs but didn't know what to do. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/2218350-warning-signs-pastoral-moral-failure.html

Bunnie XO says she was 'crushed' by the split but insists she and Jelly Roll are ending things 'on the best possible terms.' She also revealed they're still pursuing IVF and surrogacy together. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219101-jelly-roll-bunnie-xo-divorce.html

The most outspoken man in the UFC just admitted he forgives himself for disgracing the position he believes God gave him. Few saw this side of him coming. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219083-conor-mcgregor-ufc-forgive-disgracing-god.html

A handful of leaders wanted their pastor gone. When a deacon showed them what Scripture says about handling it, their response stopped him cold. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/2213630-how-to-handle-church-conflict-biblical-response-church-fights.html

Grown women have been flooding her DMs telling her to "put her belly away." Candace Cameron Bure's daughter Natasha Perry has a blunt response: she doesn't care. https://churchleaders.com/news/2219048-candace-cameron-bure-natasha-perry-critics-offended-maternity-style.html

Chandler says too many men are stuck in one of two ditches: the passive, checked-out man, or the hyper-alpha caricature sold by online influencers. He points to a third way rooted in Scripture. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/517599-matt-chandler-biblical-masculinity.html

'We're full. Sorry.' 'You can't serve yet.' 'Next time, could you wear …' Each one is casual. Each one quietly tells a guest they're an outsider, a burden, or a project. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-how-to/163361-ben-reed-10-things-church-visitors-never-hear.html

The 'Duck Dynasty' star says the very first comment on her Instagram sermon told her to be quiet because she's a woman. After ten years of it, she's explaining why she keeps preaching anyway. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218997-sadie-robertson-huff-john-crist-women-preaching.html

The most dangerous part isn't the ambition. It's the self-deception, when a leader starts reading his own influence as proof God is endorsing him. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/170040-joseph-mattera-power-hungry-pastors.html

Some of the most repeated 'verses' in church were never Scripture at all. One traces back to Benjamin Franklin. Another to Persian poetry. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/282002-7-sayings-people-mistake-scripture.html

He drove 180 miles round trip for marriage counseling, then stood before his congregation to share how God healed his marriage. And then he went right back to putting everyone ahead of his family. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/258890-single-biggest-regret-lifetime-ministry.html

He once called Trump "reprehensible." Now he's his vice president. On "The View," JD Vance explained the reversal while co-hosts pressed him on faith, immigration, and power. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218969-the-view-sara-haines-jd-vance-christians-excuse-trump.html

After 30 years of teaching membership classes, one pastor noticed the same five questions kept surfacing, and each one hid a quiet fear that the person didn't measure up. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/358634-the-main-reason-people-dont-become-church-members.html

She rode a bus two hours each way just to worship, then asked Andy Stanley a question he couldn't answer in the moment: 'Why doesn't everyone in America go to church?' https://churchleaders.com/pastors/2211541-andy-stanley-resurrection-not-the-bible-evangelism.html

David Ritchie had led Redeemer Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas since 2011. He was one of eight men caught in a Texas Department of Public Safety operation and charged with solicitation of prostitution. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218960-texas-pastor-david-ritchie-prostitution-sting.html

They're often your strongest prayer warriors, your most dependable volunteers, and the ones quietly carrying the budget. Here are 8 reasons your church needs its senior adults more than it tends to admit. https://churchleaders.com/children/436945-need-senior-adults.html

They're often your strongest prayer warriors, your most dependable volunteers, and the ones quietly carrying the budget. Here are 8 reasons your church needs its senior adults more than it tends to admit. https://churchleaders.com/children/436945-need-senior-adults.html

Most people read Deuteronomy 21 and stop at horror. Gavin Ortlund argues that if you follow the passage all the way through, it leads somewhere almost no one expects, ending at the cross. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218942-gavin-ortlund-stoning-children-bible.html

Faithful ministry sometimes thins the room instead of filling it. Here are 10 widely accepted myths about growth that pastors may need to let go of. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/164064-brian-orme-old-wives-tales-about-church-growth.html

One preacher claimed you cannot be saved unless you walk the aisle. Here is why that quietly changes the terms of the gospel itself, plus three other ways the altar call goes wrong. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-how-to/138176-four-reasons-not-to-give-an-altar-call.html

He credited her and Jesus with pulling him back from the edge. Now Jelly Roll has quietly filed to end his nearly 10-year marriage, and neither he nor Bunnie XO has said a word publicly. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218897-hard-fought-hallelujah-jelly-roll-alisa-deford-divorce.html

From grieving broken marriages to second-guessing every sermon, ministry often comes wrapped in heartache. Here's what your pastor rarely says out loud. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/322661-10-heartaches-pastor-chuck-lawless.html

A courtside prayer. A favorite verse. A public faith. Meet the Knicks champion who calls himself a 'Follower of Christ.' https://churchleaders.com/news/2218839-new-york-knicks-josh-hart-glory-god-nba-title.html

Few questions empty a church business meeting faster than this one. Can a divorced man serve as a deacon? The answer is more nuanced than most people assume.  https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/162709-the-divorced-deacon-dilemma.html

For years she treated sex as a necessary evil, something dirty to tolerate. Then one conversation changed everything. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/258399-7-lies-christians-believe-sex.html

Asked how he'd respond to those offended by his Pride Night hat, Giants pitcher Landen Roupp had a simple answer: 'I would push them to read the Bible.' https://churchleaders.com/news/2218840-landen-roupp-genesis-9-pride-night.html

Scripture disagrees with how most church members define 'pastor.' Including yours. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/251406-5-facts-pastors-church-members-unclear.html

Your pastor has hundreds of acquaintances and almost no friends. Here's how to be one. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/441997-how-to-be-a-good-friend-to-your-pastor.html

Five minutes of Scripture. Twenty minutes of reading. Five minutes of thanks. Fifteen minutes of prayer. A 45-minute plan that keeps you connected to the source of everything good. https://churchleaders.com/worship/worship-articles/275309-regular-time-lord.html

They're not all gifted speakers, and many would never call themselves evangelists. So what do the most evangelistic pastors actually have in common? https://churchleaders.com/outreach-missions/404746-404746-characteristics-evangelistic-pastors.html

"I am not lonely, I have Jesus. I do not need therapy, I pray." For years, that script sounded like faith. It was actually avoidance. https://churchleaders.com/outreach-missions/outreach-missions-articles/371050-the-danger-of-bypassing-your-emotions.html

Your kid's travel team meets on Sundays. Be honest about what that's teaching them about worship. https://churchleaders.com/youth/youth-leaders-articles/155399-when-sports-become-god.html

He's been told for 25 years that his music is demonic. Skillet's John Cooper finally gave a pastor his answer, straight from Scripture. https://churchleaders.com/christianity/436275-skillets-john-cooper-explains-hard-rock-music-isnt-demonic-i-absolutely-believe-music-belongs-to-god.html

Melissa Greene says people in the industry always knew there were gay artists in Christian music: 'They just thought, as long as the audience doesn't know, it's fine.' https://churchleaders.com/news/2218790-avalon-melissa-greene-jen-hatmaker-christian-music-queer-people.html

Courtside seats at Game 4 were going for as much as $115,000. Forrest Frank gave one away, and his followers chose who got it: a Bronx pastor who coaches basketball and shares the gospel with city youth. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218780-forrest-frank-courtside-nba-finals.html

Every time a pastor falls, the people closest to it say the same thing: they saw the signs but didn't know what to do. https://churchleaders.com/pastors/2218350-warning-signs-pastoral-moral-failure.html

While sharing the gospel at a Pride parade, Bryce Crawford heard a perspective that sparked an honest conversation about Jesus, sin, respect, and prayer. https://churchleaders.com/news/2218746-bryce-crawford-pride-parade.html