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How Lament Helps Weary-Hearted Pastors

How Lament Helps Weary-Hearted Pastors

by Mark Vroegop | Articles, Lament, Pastoral Ministry

Years ago, I remember hearing a seasoned pastor say, “Ministry would be a cake-walk if it wasn’t for people.” His tongue-in-cheek statement revealed what people know: pastoral ministry is hard. It isn’t long until the passionate calling collides, head-on, with...
4 Ways Lament Helps Missionaries Persevere

4 Ways Lament Helps Missionaries Persevere

by Mark Vroegop | Articles, Pastoral Ministry

Serving on a mission field is uniquely challenging—both spiritually and emotionally. Those who follow the call of God overseas bid farewell to family and friends. Missionaries leave the familiar behind. They face the shock of assimilating in a new culture, along with...
4 Ways We Keep Kids Safe at College Park Church

4 Ways We Keep Kids Safe at College Park Church

by Mark Vroegop | Articles, Pastoral Ministry

Houston, we have a problem. Unfortunately, the issue over the last two weeks was not with a NASA spacecraft. It was the explosive news from the Houston Chronicle detailing 700 victims of sexual abuse over a twenty year period in Southern Baptist Churches. The...
5 Reasons to Preach Through Lamentations

5 Reasons to Preach Through Lamentations

by Mark Vroegop | Lament, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Growth

The following article was posted on the 9Marks Journal: Memorials matter. Consider the Vietnam Wall, the Holocaust Museum, the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Washington, D.C.—or the National Center for Peace and Justice (the Lynching Memorial) in Montgomery, Alabama....
5 Reasons We Stopped Printing Manuscripts

5 Reasons We Stopped Printing Manuscripts

by Mark Vroegop | Articles, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Uncategorized

For the last decade at College Park Church we have not only distributed a church bulletin but also a copy of the sermon manuscript. To be clear: we handed out a booklet-sized copy of my sermon prior to the message. Visitors were surprised. Most pastors thought I was...
Reading The Reformed Pastor with New Elders

Reading The Reformed Pastor with New Elders

by Mark Vroegop | Articles, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Suggested Resources, Uncategorized

Along with our once-a-month meeting, the Elders of College Park Church have divided into groups for fellowship, prayer, spiritual growth, and accountability over the last decade to get below the surface of life and ministry.  This year we tried something with our new...
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