It’s not a straight path to the pulpit anymore. Ask almost any megachurch pastor how they recruit leaders for their new campuses and ministry initiatives, and they will tell you recruiting new ...

A study released this summer by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University indicates a 16-percent drop in participation in lay ministry training programs over ...

Being in college can bring with it many struggles, both past and present, expected or unexpected, and addressing them in a spiritual context may be helpful. Pastoral Counseling embraces the Jesuit ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is welcoming ministry leadership and church workers from all over the world to join the upcoming Global Ministers’ Classroom, a free online ministry course. Pastor Chris ...

I work for a seminary, but my advice for aspiring ministers doesn’t start there. 2. Go to school to learn the skillset. 3. Graduate from said school. 4. Get hired for a job using that skillset. Now ...

Delegates of the Instituto Pastoral Migratoria workshop are seen at Broadview Jail in Maywood, Ill., July 13, where people are deported to Mexico. Staff and members of the Archdiocese of Chicago's ...

The Rev. Edson Way was New Mexico's cultural affairs officer when the call came to him like a voice over the radio. The Rev. Scott Campbell was working in conflict resolution at a computer company ...

This book is radical in a couple of senses of the word, including the original one of “returning to the roots.” Purves, who is the Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology at Pittsburgh ...