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Why Is It So Hard to Pray With My Spouse?
Admit it. You’d like to be one of those couples that prays together daily, conducts family devotions regularly, and models to others what a spiritual home should look like. But if you’re like us – and most couples we’ve talked to – you’re not quite there. But...
7 Reasons to Trust God in Times of Stress
When life gets messy, it's natural for us to get stressed. Or angry. Or bitter. Especially when life takes a turn we didn't expect – a broken engagement, the loss of a spouse, the diagnosis of cancer, the death of a dream. Sometimes it’s even the day-to-day...
4 Questionable Practices in Small Groups
In leading small groups and tracking trends over the last 25 years, I’ve done all kinds of things to recruit leaders and get people connected into groups. Some of those things, I had to apologize for. Others, I simply avoided from the start. While this post is not...
Are Your Loaves-and-Fish Leaders Playing Hide-and-Seek?
Your ministry could use more “loaves-and fish leaders”—leaders who believe in the potential of five loaves and two fish before God multiplies in miraculous ways. But here’s the catch, they’re probably playing hide-and-seek in your church. Pastors and ministry leaders...
Standing in the Fire: Muslims Thriving for Jesus in the Midst of Adversity
Pastors, did you know that more Muslims have come to faith in Christ in the last decade than in the last 1,400 years of the religion of Islam? As a pastor, are you prepared to lead the way in training and equipping your congregation to reach out in love with the...
What is Crossruption?
Disruption in technology and the marketplace has become an expected and anticipated part of our existence. This occurs when an outlier—something deemed unimportant—quickly becomes the central theme of its paradigm. Today, we believe disruption will improve our lives....
The Reason We Persevere
In his book Nothing Like it in the World, Stephen Ambrose writes about the building of the transcontinental railroad in America. It was a...
Why Imaginary Conversations Are Key to Improving Small Group Experiences
We’ve all had moments in life when we needed a little rehearsal time to achieve optimal results. If you’ve ever prepared for a job interview,...
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Shots Fired
It was shortly after 3 am as I was rudely jolted from sleep by my ringing cell phone. Good news for pastors rarely travels at 3 am so I...
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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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