Charles Stone
As a pastor for over 43 years, Charles served as a lead pastor, associate pastor, and church planter in churches from 50 to over 1,000. He now coaches and equips pastors and teams to effectively navigate the unique challenges ministry brings. By blending biblical principles with cutting-edge brain-based practices he helps them enhance their leadership abilities, elevate their preaching/ teaching skills, and prioritize self-care. He has written 7 books, earned 5 degrees (including two doctorates) has been married for 43 years, and has 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren. For more information and to follow his blogs, visit www.charlesstone.com
Articles for Pastors
New Pastors: 7 Pitfalls to Avoid
In this article, adapted from my book on on-boarding for pastors, I list 7 pitfalls new pastors must avoid in a new church job.
Articles for Pastors
How Much Time Should You Spend on Sermon Prep?
Haddon Robinson wrote that experienced preachers he surveyed spent an average of 16 hours in sermon prep. That sounds more like it to me. That’s probably my average and I’ve been preaching for 25 years.
Worship & Creative How To's
What Makes a Compelling Worship Service?
In an article I once wrote for Churchleaders.com, 8 Surprising Insights from a Former Pastor, I shared 8 key insights I’d learned during those...
Articles for Outreach & Missions
What Snorkeling Taught me about Selecting Leaders
Several years ago I spent ten days with my family vacationing in the Bahamas in a condo literally steps from the beach. The snorkeling...
Articles for Pastors
7 Guidelines for Great Staff Meetings
I asked a psychologist to help me create some rules for talking in our staff meetings. I call them conversational ethics. Here are our seven guideline for great staff meetings..
Worship & Creative Leaders
Try This Devotional Practice for Bible Reading
An ancient yet growing Christian devotional practice called lectio divina, which includes four phases: lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplation.
Articles for Pastors
4 Battles to Set Boundaries in Ministry
Essentially boundaries in ministry for leaders or pastors are like a property line around your yard, only in this case that yard is your soul.
Articles for Pastors
A Simple Exercise That Will Infuse Life Into Your Church Staff
Some time back our church staff held our annual in-house evaluation retreat when we reviewed the prior year’s goals and plans.
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