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Pastor Resources · Adaptation Chapter 3 In my experiences with racial reconciliation conversations, there usually comes a moment when superficial talk gets real. Often this comes about because a person of color takes the risk to share how racism and white...
Learning to Read the Bible
Pastor Resources · Learning To Read The Bible When I was young, I had a soccer coach who told me I didn’t know how to run—and that he was going to teach me. His statement made me mad. I actually didn’t like my coach too much; I thought he was kind of overweight for...
An unusual practice to make you into a Godly leader
Pastor Resources · An unusual practice to make you into a Godly leader Four hundred years before Israel ever had a king, God gave Moses a spiritual practice that would transform the life of the king and the people he served. The practice is described in Deuteronomy...
A Deeper Question in the Pandemic
Pastor Resources · A Deeper Question In The Pandemic I dialed into yet another Zoom call. Pastors’ faces filled the screen. The upper left corner said, “So, when are you guys gathering again?” Chatter erupted about state restrictions, social distancing, and...
How To Measure A Church’s Health Without Using Numbers
Pastor Resources · The Healthy Church Log One of the biggest challenges for any church is to figure out how to measure healthfulness. The usual default is to count attendance figures. But the number of church attenders was never the best measure of church...
Financial Decisions Pastors Need to Make During COVID-19 Shutdowns
Pastor Resources · Financial Decisions Pastors Need To Make During COVID - 19 Shutdowns With the novel coronavirus shutting down nearly every church in the country, pastors are facing difficult financial challenges. Congregants may be giving less during this...
You can’t say that!
Those words are becoming more and more common these days. Not only are people, usually people on the more conservative side, being told they can’t...
Rest and Refresh
We need rest. Scripture teaches that we are dust (Gen. 3:19). Unlike God, we tire. We are finite creatures. We need sleep and refreshment. John...
How to Care for the Seniors in Your Church
In essence, church communities are a type of chosen family. When you share a faith experience with someone, week in and week out, you come to know...
Reclaiming Sunday Morning as the Church’s Primary Formative Event
One of the unique values of corporate spiritual practices —those experienced regularly on Sunday mornings —is that they shape and direct our desire...
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About the President
Dave Wike is a family man. Serving pastors, and those who desire to do the same, became his calling over the last 20+ years. He and his wife Margie live in North Carolina. They have a son living overseas, and three daughters still at home. Dave enjoys writing instrumental guitar music, and plans to complete his Masters in Biblical Counseling. He’s also well aware he can do nothing good apart from the Holy Spirit.
Dave Wike
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