by Stephen Suffron | Dec 7, 2017 | Carroll Community
This Christmas season, our church and a local African-American congregation are trying a sort of experiment. It all started some time in the summer, when I ran into the pastor of one of the larger black congregations in town. Our churches (and a few others) had a...
by Stephen Suffron | Feb 16, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry
After posting your resume various places and daily asking God to lead you to the right place of ministry, you receive a call. It’s from Bob, head of the search committee at First Baptist No-Place-You’ve-Ever-Heard-Of. In your conversation, you learn that...
by Stephen Suffron | Feb 2, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry
When we were first looking into moving into a small town to pastor a small church, one of the things that made us nervous was the prospect of living in a church-owned parsonage. We had heard some horror stories over the years about pastors living in church housing...
by Stephen Suffron | Jan 5, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry
January is a time when people naturally reorder their priorities and try to start fresh in a better routine for the new year. We as pastors are no different. The Christmas season is over, and a more regular schedule gives us time to create a plan for following the...
by Stephen Suffron | Sep 27, 2016 | Ministry
One of the most intimidating things for a pastor who takes a position in a small-town setting is that you seem to be the only stranger in town. Everyone else knows everyone else, and you soon find out that they’re probably related, too. When we moved to...
