A Peculiar Prophet

For well over a century, Methodists in Alabama have delighted in our partnership with Birmingham-Southern College. This nationally prominent...

A great pastoral leadership challenge is raising resources for the ministry of the church. I’m delighted to report that Scott Selman tells m...

Click here for the backstory on this post. It didn’t take our new governor long to stumble with his comment that if you haven’t accepted ...

Dr. Hugh Ballou has done some great work in his transformational leadership seminars. Last year Dr. Ballou interviewed me on church leader...

Dr. Hugh Ballou has done some great work in his transformational leadership seminars. Last year Dr. Ballou interviewed me on church leadersh...

Christmastide ends this week as we move into New Year’s. As Christians we are reminded through the mystery of the Incarnation that we cross ...

I’m so pleased by the North Alabama Conference United Methodist Prayer Summit . It’s to be held once again this year at Sumatanga on January...

In our determination to start more new congregations among those who are under served by our church, we created The Community Church Without...

This fall I was fortunate to participate in a church wide study of the Acts of the Apostles at our dynamic Canterbury Church . The Acts of A...

I have often noted the importance of Sunday attendance as an indicator of a congregation’s vitality. Each week I correspond with those pasto...

Knee deep in the church’s response to the crisis in Haiti, overwhelmed by the determination of United Methodists to respond to the suffering...

It is unsurprising that there is much failure in the Christian church. After all, we are attempting to worship and to serve a crucified savi...

I’ve been at the Council of Bishops in Panama this past week. At our meeting we heard the final report of the Call to Action Project, an ass...

North Alabama United Methodists honor our elder United Methodists with one of the most generous pension and insurance programs in the countr...

I’ve had a relationship with Birmingham-Southern College long before coming to North Alabama. My friend Neal Berte had invited me to speak a...

The sending of pastors is a demanding, prayer-filled process. Along with our innovative use of NCD scores, the Strengths Inventory, the Dash...

We have made major improvements in the way we appoint pastors in our Conference. For the next few weeks I’ll be highlighting some of these c...

For the next few weeks I’ll be highlighting some of the new ways our Cabinet is working to improve our process of sending pastors. One of ou...

I’ve had numerous inquires from other Bishops and Conferences about the changes we have made in the appointment of pastors. For the next few...

One of the great products of the North Alabama Conference is Dr. S T Kimbrough. S T is the world’s greatest scholar of Charles Wesley hymns,...