Published July 7th, 2011 by

16 Pastoral Ministry Blogs That You Should Bookmark

Note: You’re reading Part Two in a three part blog mini-series on recommended blogs. In Part One, I highlighted Sixteen Biblical Counseling Blogs That You Should Bookmark. 

As with Part One, I wish I could mention every excellent pastoral ministry blog. The pastoral ministry blogs I regularly read have some combination of: a.) frequency of posts, b.) self-identified as focused on pastoral ministry (pastoring, shepherding, the local church), c.) relatively high traffic/hits, and, frankly, d.) people I know or know of. 

Many pastors and para-church groups provide excellent blogs that I regularly read. However, they tend to focus more on “Christian living” than on pastoral ministry/local church per se. I’ll highlight those blogs tomorrow. They will include pastors such as Tullian Tchividjian, Ray Ortlund, Kevin DeYoung, Josh Harris, John Piper, C. J. Mahaney, etc.; and ministry leaders/educators/groups such as Al Mohler, Tim Challies, Trevin Wax, TGC’s Voices,Russell Moore, Justin Taylor, R. C. Sproul, etc. 

Drum Roll, Please

Here are the pastoral ministry blogs that I regularly read, listed in alphabetical order. Of course, I don’t agree with everything every one of these bloggers post. I don’t even agree today with everything I posted last week! Still, these blogs stretch my thinking as iron sharpens iron. 

  • The 9Marks Blog from the ministry of Pastor Mark Dever and a team of pastoral leaders is a “don’t miss” blog filled with practical biblical wisdom for church life. 
  • The Acts 29 Blog focuses on church planting  by church planters. 
  • Baptist 21 exists to present a Southern Baptist perspective on church life and Kingdom effectiveness. 
  • Blogs at the Village by the staff of The Village Church shares their biblical philosophy of ministry. 
  • The Faith Baptist Church Blog by the staff of Faith Baptist in Lafayette, IN shares insights for church life and Christian living. 
  • The Gospel-Driven Church Blog by Jared Wilson offers his take on gospel-centered pastoral ministry. 
  • Greg’s Blog by Pastor Greg Laurie provides insights for pastoral life and ministry. 
  • Ordinary Pastor by Erik Raymond shares a fresh perspective of daily life of the typical pastor. 
  • Practical Shepherding is the blog home of Brian Croft. His blog is fast becoming an indispensible source for pastoral wisdom. 
  • Pure Church, the blog home of Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile, presents gospel-centered wisdom for pastoral life and ministry. 
  • Reformation 21 is the blog ministry of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals designed to challenge Christians to think and grow biblically. 
  • Reformed Spirituality and Missional Church is the blog home of church planter and author, Tim Chester. 
  • The Resurgence Blog is presented by Justin Holcomb and a team of ministry leaders and focuses on Christian leadership. 
  • Steven Furtick, lead pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC blogs regularly about pastoral life and ministry at Steven Furtick.com. 
  • The Travel Blog of Sojourner Church in Louisville, KT offers daily insights for church life. 
  • The Vertical Church Blog by Pastor James MacDonald of Harvest Bible presents insights for Christ-centered pastoral ministry and Christian living. 

The Rest of the Story

In Part Three of this mini-series, I’ll share links to blogs I read that focus on Christian living. 

Join the Conversation

What excellent blogs do you read that focus on pastoral ministry and church life?

Bob Kellemen

Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D., LCPC, served for over a dozen years as Chairman of the Master of Arts in Christian Counseling and Discipleship Department at Capital Bible Seminary. He is now Professor-at-Large in that Department. In his three pastoral ministries, Bob has equipped 100s of lay people as biblical counselors and spiritual friends. In his role as Founder and CEO of RPM Ministries (http://www.rpmministries.org), Bob is known for his Christ-centered, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed approach to equipping local churches for biblical counseling and spiritual formation. Bob is the Executive Director of the Association of Biblical Counselors' Center for Church Equipping. He also serves as the Launch Director for the Biblical Counseling Coalition. Bob is the author of 'Soul Physicians', Spiritual Friends, Beyond the Suffering, Sacred Friendships, and God's Healing for Life's Losses.

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