February 14, 2025
Remembering Alan Ahlgrim (1947-2025)
Alan Ahlgrim’s legacy as a Christian leader and a mentor to pastors will be missed by many.
February 14, 2025
Alan Ahlgrim’s legacy as a Christian leader and a mentor to pastors will be missed by many.
May 22, 2019
Vested in Our Leaders: The Center for Church Leadership By Alan Ahlgrim Many pastors lead growing ministries and have hundreds or even thousands of social media friends, yet they have no one other than their wife who really understands them and is truly devoted to them. A recent survey found that less than 25 percent of Christian men have a close male friend; for pastors the percentage is even smaller: less than 5 percent. The isolated leader is a vulnerable leader!Isolation is the devil’s tool to discourage and dishearten those in vital roles.We all are weak and vulnerable at times.
January 1, 2015
By Mark R. Laaser If you were Satan and wanted to bring down the church””all churches and all denominations””what would you do? Attack leadership, of course. Thanks to the Internet, Satan now has that technology, and he is using it. I call addiction to Internet pornography among pastors the tsunami that is threatening to engulf the church. I am an ordained pastor who struggled with sexual addiction, and by the grace of God, found freedom in March 1987 when I went to an inpatient treatment program. Thanks to the intervention of the Holy Spirit and the best clinical resources available at
April 25, 2007
By Brad Dupray Perry Rubin has been ministering to the students of Auburn University in Alabama since 1993. When Dean Collins started Auburn Christian Fellowship in 1978, “campus ministry” was a fledgling idea in the deep South that had yet to take hold. Since that time Christian church and church of Christ campus ministries have taken shape at major universities throughout the United States. Perry is a master”s level graduate of Emmanuel School of Religion and Fuller Seminary and has served in local churches in Tennessee, California, and Georgia. He and his wife, Laura, have three children, Rebekah (15), Rachel