Brad Bates

Church Staff: Your Job is NOT to Make Your Senior Pastor Look Good

on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 By Brad Bates 1 Comment

This week I saw a post on a Facebook group that I belong to where the individual is an assistant (or associate) pastor and they said that their role was to make the senior pastor look good. Their reasoning was to ensure that they as a staff pastor and their families survive ministry. What a [...]

Love Covers a Multitude of Sins But It Doesn’t Sweep Abuses Under the Rug

on October 21, 2021October 25, 2021 By Brad Bates

There are some out there who deny the existence of spiritual abuse. I've mentioned it before and received quizzical looks and heard replies of "that's not a thing". Sadly, I’ve personally experienced it at a very deep level over the course of many years and I know many others who have experienced it as well, [...]

A Movement Won’t Begin Until We Actually Make a Move

on September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 By Brad Bates

Virtual "church services" are not an adequate replacement of the church gathering...but then when you really think about it, it's just a virtualized version of what we typically do on Sunday mornings in most churches. Most of what takes place on a typical Sunday morning in most typical churches can be experienced nearly the same [...]

Drop the Escapist Mentality and Live

on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 By Brad Bates

We are where we are because God has ordered all of our steps. Every. Single. Step. Ordered and known by God. We are where we are because He alone put us there. Our job.Our home.Our neighborhood. Our city / town / village.Our school. All of this...and more. God ordered that. He ordered it for a [...]

The Divided States of America: COVID19 and Vaccines

on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 By Brad Bates

Mark 3:q25, "If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."