Can I Trust You?: Cultivating Character That Isn’t Performative

I stood beside him in the church choir. Months later, he was arrested for murder. Back then, he seemed like the kind of man no one would ever question—steady, respected, a pillar of our community. Sure, he seemed a little aloof during choir...

The Key to Resilience: Returning to Joy

Returning to Joy in the Middle of Tragedy In...

Life Together at Jesus’ Table: Discipleship as Sacramental Living

Discipleship as Sacramental Living and Table Fellowship Discipleship is sacramental because disciples are the living temple of the triune God, together. Years earlier, Paul’s letter to the Galatians erupted...

Overcoming Church Hurt with the Good Shepherd

Church Hurt Can Wound Pastors and Ministry Leaders Too The large church my friend’s family had helped build abruptly dismissed her son, their associate pastor. This honorable young father suddenly found...
Q&A With Pastor Greg Bell

Q&A With Pastor Greg Bell

What is your title in the church? Senior Pastor How big is your church? We have about 230 members,...

Is There Value In Prophesy?

Is There Value In Prophesy?

“The Antichrist will be Muslim.” “No, Jews would never accept him. He’ll be a Jew.” “Barack Obama...

Resolution for a Lifetime

Resolution for a Lifetime

For as long as people celebrated the “New Year,” I’m fairly convinced that they have been making...

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Chicken Little

Chicken Little

In the story of Chicken Little, an acorn falls on the head of a young chicken, causing him to panic, feeling that the sky itself is falling. Armed with this myth, Chicken Little sets off to systematically convince his friends that the world is ending. Each friend...

The 95 5 Principle

The 95 5 Principle

Many years ago when I was in seminary, I was given an assignment to write a research paper on any problem a shepherd (pastor)/staff may face on a regular bases. After several weeks of interviewing multiple shepherds and staff I began to see a pattern emerge that I...

For the Love of Jesus

For the Love of Jesus

Why do we serve? Why do we give of ourselves, day in, day out, week after week? We all know the answer: because of love. Right. But what is the object of our love? Whom or what do we love in order to allow ourselves to be given? Once again, the answer seems obvious:...

I Considered Your Church, And Passed

I Considered Your Church, And Passed

Isn’t one of a pastor’s unspoken fears that lurking about in the community are unknown people who have given your church—the place you sacrificially pour out your soul to grow—a preliminary examination and decided visiting wasn’t worth the bother? Ouch, that’s harsh!...

The Power of Praise!

The Power of Praise!

This is something we are super passionate about in Planetshakers, and something that Ps Russell and Sam Evans are always teaching and showing us. It’s something they have carried to a generation. I can honestly say, that it was as a young person going to Planetshakers...

Why Vision is Not Enough

Our mission as Christians was the same yesterday as it is today and will be tomorrow. The world, however, is changing faster than ever before, and...

Ministry to the Poor

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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. 

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