Author: Scott Gress

Over the last few months I have talked at length with a few pastors who have lamented that they know setting a vision for their ministry is important. They understand that vision is a powerful thing and that they have

If your goal is to pursue a cultural shift from an internally focussed, self-fulfilling, self-seeking, consumer driven ministry to an externally focussed, servant hearted, God purposed ministry, then how do you cement it within the culture of the congregation? You

On our way home from church this past Sunday my wife Maria and I were talking about the normal things. She   mentioned that she saw that a volunteer was wanted for organizing the Operation Christmas Child shoebox project. If

He got me. I was hooked. Many years ago my wife and I were shopping for a private school for my son who has Asperger’s syndrome. This was before anyone had ever heard of how Autism was increasing let alone

 What do you do when someone comes to you with a question? What is your immediate instinct? To answer the question of course! Why? Many reasons I suppose. First you may know the answer. Second you don’t want to be

Ask yourself: What will happen if I don’t do it? Yeah, people might get upset. Yeah, you might be targeted as failing to do your job. Yeah, it might be uncomfortable and it might even bother me. Sure I might

1 Corinthians 12:27-30 “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.  28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also

This may seem unrelated to empowerment but I believe it is fundamental to the whole subject. Is it just me or is there an inherent incongruence or contradiction in church life? We talk about being “little Christ’s” to our neighbor