Listening is a required skill in pastoral ministry. However, at times you have to turn a deaf ear. Here are ten things to which you should not give your ear in pastoral ministry.

As a pastor, what leadership issues will you have to face in the pastoral ministry and in your leadership role? This article lists ten leadership issues you will have to deal with.

Are there reasons that can make someone hesitant to return to pastoral ministry? This article list ten possible reasons.

The temptation to treat pastoral ministry as a competition is huge. It is easy to envy the progress others make in ministry. How do you avoid treating pastoral ministry as a competition? This article offers five things that must shape your thinking.

Pastoral ministry is measured by the faithfulness of the pastor. How do you foster faithfulness in ministry? This article mentions three healthy fears that a pastor should develop.

What ought to be the character of one's pastoral ministry? Based on 1 Thessalonians 2, this article explains six things should characterize one's leadership.

What should you lose your pastoral call or you do not receive a call to pastoral ministry? This article offers three things to bear in mind.

This article looks at the impact of narcissism in pastoral ministry.

If sacrifice is a way of life for the Christian, then it means pastoral ministry is a sacrificial ministry. This article explains what such a ministry looks like.

This article considers how the doctrine of justification by faith is important to pastoral ministry. It speaks good news to a variety of people for whom a pastor cares: the guilty, the insecure, the indifferent, and the resentful.

This article considers five aspects of pastoral ministry. It states that a pastor needs to watch himself, watch his teaching, preach Jesus Christ, do personal work, and minister to the community.

What does it take to build a fruitful ministry as a pastor? The keys to a fruitful pastoral ministry are spiritual formation, self-care, emotional and cultural intelligence, quality marriage and family life, and leadership and management.

Pastoring people to their death is an experience every pastor will go through. How should the reality of death shape your pastoral ministry? This article shares four implications.

Pastoral ministry can be lonely, and finding true friends as a pastor is not easy either. What can a pastor and his spouse do to find true friends to share their lives with? This article makes seven suggestions.

How can you know if you are called to pastoral ministry? 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 give the biblical answer to this question of calling. This article offers six question you can ask as a checklist for yourself.

Every true pastor wants to care for God's church in a good way. This article discusses twelve marks of good pastoral ministry.