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2 weeks ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
The news of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School’s plan to leave Chicagoland and to merge with Trinity Western University in Canada marks a watershed moment in theological education. It would be difficult to overstate the significance of this move, for many TEDS has been a symbol of evangelical identity and theology for generations. At its core, this shift reflects the reality that theological education is in a moment of seismic change.
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2 weeks ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
Church matters, and because church matters, what we mean by church matters. The New Testament presents the church as both universal and local, but its emphasis is overwhelmingly on specific local congregations—gatherings of believers committed to living out the gospel together. The New Testament show that the church isn’t just a place we go—it’s a people living on mission together. It does not require a steeple, but it does require people.
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1 month ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
At the end of his first epistle to the Corinthians, Paul penned a line that hasn’t made it onto many T-shirts or coffee mugs. The words don’t inspire us with visions of the church advancing into the future.
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1 month ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
Theological education is a key influence on the church today—as it has been for centuries. I have invested a lot of my life and ministry into theological education as a student, as a professor, and an administrator. Currently, I’m serving one of the largest multi-denominational seminaries in the world as the dean of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. Because of my commitment to the importance of theological education, I keep an eye on the state of seminary education in our nation.
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2 months ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
While AI offers exciting opportunities for ministry, its use also raises important ethical questions. From sermon writing to administrative tasks, church leaders must carefully weigh the benefits and potential pitfalls of integrating AI into their work. This article explores the ethical considerations of AI in ministry and offers practical guardrails for its responsible use. First, you must understand the role of the preacher/pastor.
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2 months ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
Preaching should be both theologically deep and wide. This is the final of four articles giving some of my thoughts on expository preaching that laid out why I value expository preaching but also consider other forms as biblically valid and helpful to the congregation. We need to be preachers who are constantly renewing our commitment to proclaiming God’s Word, with expository preaching as central.
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2 months ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
In this series, I am encouraging a renewal to expository preaching while recognizing there are other ways to preach that honor the Word and effectively teach the Bible. In the first installment, I offered five reasons expository preaching verse-by-verse should be the primary and preferred approach. In the second article, I recognized that we should nevertheless not be dogmatic about expository preaching as the only approach.
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2 months ago | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
Expository preaching is the best, but not the only biblically mandated preaching approach. Previously, I explained why verse-by-verse expositional preaching is, in my view, best as the norm and the standard practice in your church. In this article, I want to give the other side—why it is not biblically mandated, though I think it is the best practice. In my lifetime I’ve seen a number of well-intentioned leaders promote their specific plan of one thing or another as the method or tool for our time.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
Expository preaching plays a vital role in the life of the church. The regular, faithful preaching of the Bible in weekly corporate worship services has endured as one of the most important qualities of the Christian faith. While various forms of preaching such as topical, textual, or narrative have their place, I’m convinced that expository preaching is the most vital way for pastors to continually teach God’s Word to their people.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
churchleaders.com | Ed Stetzer |" airs Saturdays
Churches should be run by teams of volunteers—those committed to work together for the cause of Christ, serving one another and the world, because they have been gifted and called to do so. Yet, this is an ongoing struggle for many churches. Perhaps it is an ongoing struggle for EVERY church. When I was serving my church in Tennessee, I shared with them the kind of things we looked for in our ministry teams.
