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5 Excellent Women’s Ministry Retreats
Finding a good place to conduct a retreat can be challenging. Your women’s ministry group can join in with others at a retreat organized by someone else or you can conduct your own. I will address some of both. As a disclaimer, I do not have personal experience with...
A Passion For God
I was fifteen years old. At this time in my life, I lived on a remote and sparsely populated island in the middle of Puget Sound, Washington. In the summers of my life activities were hard to come by that would entertain and adequately distract me from the boredom and...
Tell Stories Like Jesus (And Hollywood)
In what way does a Hollywood script writer take lessons from Jesus that far too many pastors do not? They understand the power of a story. Preparing for your next Sunday sermon will typically have many of the same ingredients as those from other pastors, no matter...
7 Reasons Church Members Say No
I once posted the following on a social media page: “Is God calling you to serve Him? What is your answer?” It’s a relatively straightforward question. Yes or no. And yet not so simple. Ministry leaders often walk a tightrope when it comes to recruiting volunteers. We...
Counseling Members in Areas You’re Not Well-Trained In
Intro to Greek. Intro to Hebrew. Systematic Theology. Church History. New Testament. Old Testament. Advanced Greek. Advanced Hebrew. Live, Eat, and Breathe Greek. Live, Eat, and Breathe Hebrew . . . You probably took all these classes and much, much more during your...
The Surprising Secret to Lasting Transformation
The traditional paradigm that has dominated Western thought for the last four hundred years can be summed up in a simple equation: Reason + Good Choices = Transformation This paradigm grew out of the Enlightenment. When René Decartes uttered his famous phrase, “Cogito...
Are You a Disquieted Pastor?
It happened again this past Monday. A dedicated, hard-working veteran pastor told me about the problems within his church. He listed a...
The Danger of Ugly Duckling Theology
I was looking at the results of a major survey of pastors the other day and noticed a trend. Pastors of small churches are more likely to be less...
Getting Honest About the State of Our Witness
How would you characterize your own witness efforts? A characterization must be accurate enough to truly name reality, but short enough to be...
This is your wake-up call…
beep…Beep…BEEP! Your alarm clock goes off. Do you… __groan and go back to sleep? __press the snooze button? __get up ready for action? How does your...
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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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