Bobby Jamieson
Nobody Gets the Church They Want
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.27.2014Whatever might be on your want-list, I can guarantee this: not everything on your list is on God’s.
Eldering, Economics, and Calling to Ministry
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.27.2014If you say you’re called to ministry, I don’t immediately know what you mean, or if what you mean is biblical.
Reframing “Calling”: Words to Churches and Aspiring Pastors
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.27.2014Raising up pastors is the church’s work—the whole church.
Not Strange Enough: “Church Rescue” and the National Geographic Effect
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.26.2014The TV show Church Rescue is a friendly, innocuous, late-period artifact of the shrinking Bible Belt.
The Double Presumption of Calling to Ministry
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.26.2014What does it mean to say that you’re “called” to pastoral ministry?
How to Change Your Church (Part 3 of 4)
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014In this post, I want to answer the question, “Well then, what can I do if I’m in a church that seriously needs to change?”
How to Live with What You Can’t Change (Part 4 of 4)
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014Basically, you’ve got two options: leave peaceably, or stay cheerfully.
Churches Raising up Pastors in Sydney, Australia
By B. Jamieson, J. Smuts | 08.22.2014I hope that many pastors will be encouraged, challenged, and equipped for similar work in training leaders through John’s experience.
Why You Can’t Change Your Church (Part 1 of 4)
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014How can you change your church when you’re not the pastor?
When Can You Change Your Church? (Part 2 of 4)
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014I pray God would give you wisdom to discern how best to serve, strengthen, and unify your local church, regardless of how you may or may not be able to change it.
“Is There a Holy Spirit?”
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014You could put it like this: if there were no Holy Spirit, would your ministry work just as well?
Pastors, Don’t Let Your People Resign into Thin Air
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014So pastors, just as you pay careful attention to the front door of your church, keep a close eye on the back door, too.
The Post-Program Church
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014Once you have that booming program, you have to keep it going. After all, what does it say about your church if the evangelism program folds?
The Post-Program Church: Which Programs to Cut?
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014Should churches ditch all their programs? If not, how should churches decide which programs to keep or cut?
Strategies for Becoming a Post-Program Church
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014In short, reprogram new people to think in terms of the ministry of the pew, not merely participation in programs.
