Staff pastors are a unique beast. Virtually all ministry education, printed material, and ministry conferences focus on senior pastors or on specialized ministry areas, like youth ministry or children’s ministry—but not on the specialized minister himself/herself. That’s where PastoralStaff.com comes in.

Our mission is to address issues that staff pastors face from time to time, and to offer practical ideas for successful ministry—regardless of your specialized area of ministry. We do that by means of a blog—and we welcome your comments!

You may submit an issue or idea for a blog by clicking on those buttons at the top of this page—without being a member. We’ll consider your submission for a blog and then, if we post it, you’ll see what the people in our community think about it through their comments. We also regularly submit blogs of our own—so check back often!

Also, you may respond to any blog as a member. Membership is free—with no strings attached! And when you respond to blog entries you’ll be anonymous if you choose to have an alias. You may become a member here: JOIN THE COMMUNITY

In addition to an idea or issue, you may want to ask a question or submit a prayer request. Buttons are available for that purpose, as well.

This website is designed to be practical and dynamic. It’s also free of charge. The more people who participate, the greater the benefit to us all. PastoralStaff.com is devoted to you as a minister in a local church.

Your experience has given you lots of questions and ideas. And maybe what you need is someone to talk to about your ministry. That’s why we’re here.

We might touch on youth ministry, children’s ministry, worship, adult discipleship, small groups, pastoral care, counseling, etc. But in all cases, we’ll try to focus on principles and practices that are common to us all. For example, we might not talk about how to arrange a song for worship, but we may talk about how to create community on your worship team. And what we discuss about creating and maintaining community will be useful to leaders in other ministry areas, as well.

And finally, we will always attempt to reflect on our common calling to serve God through the local church by prayerfully searching the scriptures for whatever insight the Holy Spirit may give us.

Come, let’s follow Jesus together for awhile.