Pat’s Playbook

Be open to options; Protect your integrity

February 22, 2018 By Pat Pajak

This week Pat gives helpful answers on healthcare options for pastors and the Mike Pence rule and how it applies to pastors. Read…

Fit for outreach; What about the kids?

February 1, 2018 By Pat Pajak

Pat tackles questions this week about evangelism and childcare for in-home small groups. Read…

Room at the table; Prayer matters; Working vacation

January 5, 2018 By Pat Pajak

Pat tackles questions about programs within a church, prayer partners, and vacation time for pastors. Read…

Make vision a reality; Where’s your focus?

December 13, 2017 By Pat Pajak

Pat tackles questions about frustrations with leadership as well as evangelism’s role in the church and how to indicate it’s importance in yours. Read…

Touchy subject; Give them Jesus

November 26, 2017 By Pat Pajak

Pat tackles questions about asking for money to put toward and planning for retirement, as well as preserving feelings and incorporating new decorations with old. Read…

Surviving, reviving, thriving

Nate Adams

This past summer, our weekly chapel times at IBSA were devoted to a series titled “Summer in the Psalms.” This book of songs and poetry, of course, gives expression to a wide range of emotions, from the lows of our woes to the heights of our worship. In doing so, it reassures us that God […]

The church still matters

Doug Munton

I’ve never seen the idea of the church so marginalized in all my lifetime. The secular world mocks the church and the Christian world devalues the church. The local church is seen, even by believers, as unnecessary and antiquated and optional. You can kind of understand the issues perhaps. After all, churches are filled with […]