by Dennis Bickers | Apr 16, 2018 | Opinion
I met with many pastor search teams to help them in that process while serving as an area resource minister. The majority of the churches in my area were smaller churches, and many of them were looking for bivocational leadership. One of the things that often hindered...
by Dennis Bickers | Apr 1, 2016 | Opinion
I worked regularly with pastor search committees in Indiana and Kentucky during the last 14 years as an American Baptist Churches resource minister. My role was to help them through our process of searching for a pastor and to give them information on persons that...
by Dennis Bickers | Mar 21, 2016 | Opinion
I was invited to preach at a local Baptist association’s Lenten service. For the past three years, this association has come together during the Lenten season to hold joint worship services on Sunday evenings. Each week they meet in a different church with a...
by Dennis Bickers | Feb 24, 2016 | Opinion
Leaders, including pastors, are responsible for growing other leaders. For smaller church pastors, it is essential to grow leaders because many smaller churches struggle to find pastors today. More than once, while working with the pastor search committee of a smaller...
by Dennis Bickers | Oct 9, 2015 | Opinion
Smaller churches often complain about not having any money. At times, however, the problem is that they have too much money. One small church that averages about 12 people each week told me they had more than $100,000 in savings. An even smaller church has nearly...
