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Leadership

8 Questions to Dig Deeper by Soul Searching

November 28, 2022

There is a sense of “fear of man” rather than “fear of God” There is a shrinking fear from those of wealth or position. There is a fear that someone will perhaps offend and drive punishment people away.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Church Health, Conflict, Counseling, Discipleship, Leadership, Pastoring

What Do you Like Least about Ministry?

October 24, 2022

Pastoring is challenging in difficult times so embrace the joy of Christ. (1 Thess 5:16,18). 

Categories Blog Tags Church, Church Health, Discipleship, Gospel, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

The Reality of Loneliness in Ministry

December 27, 2021

Nobody ever told me how painful it is where people whom you trust turn around and betray your friendship. 

Categories Blog Tags Church, Church Health, Depression, Leadership, Pastoring

10 Lessons I’ve Learned as a New Pastor

November 30, 2021

A strong courageous leader must learn to overcome past mistakes and failures in Christ. 

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Community, Conflict, Development, Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Training

Episode 27: The Need for Church Planting and Revitalization

October 4, 2021

Both church planting and revitalization are very difficult. 

Tags Christianity, Church, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

Why I Am Still a Southern Baptist

September 27, 2021

What is Southern Baptist anyway? Why are you Southern Baptist? Here are 6 reasons why I am still a Southern Baptist.

Categories Blog Tags Christianity, Church, Current Events, Faith, Great Commission, Leadership, Ministry, Mission, Pastoring, SBC, SBC21, Southern Baptist

Episode 25: Struggles of Reaching the Next Generation

June 22, 2021

Is your church or ministry struggling to reach the next generation?

Tags Bible, Christianity, Church, Church Health, Current Events, Development, Discipleship, Gospel, Great Commission, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry
Seven Ways to Pray for Church Leaders

7 Ways to Pray for Church Leaders

May 10, 2021

The last year or so has perhaps been the most disruptive and draining time for any church leader. This perhaps is not only for pastors or church leaders but was the most difficult year to survive navigating through making very difficult decisions.

Categories Blog Tags Anxiety, Christianity, Church Health, Conflict, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Prayer

Episode 24: Disciplines of an Effective Leader

April 19, 2021

Leaders can be effective by giving room and not pidgin-holding in a box and limiting others.

Tags Interview, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Podcast

Church Leadership: Prideful Pastor Versus Christ-filled Pastor

April 12, 2021

The shepherd leaders’ job is as John Calvin said it well, “The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.”

Categories Blog Tags Church, Church Health, Discipleship, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Training, Vision

Episode 23: Destructive Nature of Private Sin

February 22, 2021

Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it this way in his book Life Together, “Those who remain alone with their evil are left utterly alone.”

Tags Christianity, Church, Counseling, Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Scripture, Theology, Truth

Four Leadership Principles to Avoid Burnout

February 15, 2021

Pastors today have a lot on their plates and the stresses of leadership, burnout, and moral failures are all too real.

Categories Blog Tags Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

The 3 C’s for Leaders: Control, Competence, Clarity

January 25, 2021

Over the past decade or so, I have been in the second chair and now in the first chair and can see from both perspectives. Without the proper three C’s, teams can be frustrated, apathetic, or even chaotic at times.

Categories Blog Tags Book, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Teaching, Training, Vision

5 C’s on Essential Characteristics for Leaders

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020

Hiring can be such a challenging task for churches. Why? For hiring the wrong person that does not fit the culture of the church can often cause so much heartache and havoc.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring
Christians extending forgiveness.

Christians Ought to Forgive the Unlovable

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Forgiving others is a mark of genuine disciples of Christ.

Categories Blog Tags Bible, Christianity, Conflict, Counseling, Faith, Forgiveness, Gospel, Jesus, Leadership, Reconciliation

Three Dangerous Leaders

July 6, 2020

Lately, I have had an opportunity to pull back from all the busy activities of ministry and to simply stop, reflect, and think. Here are three lessons I’ve learned about leadership over the past 10 years. 

Categories Blog Tags Church, Discipleship, Faith, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Theology

Episode 4: How Do You Deal with Criticism in Ministry?

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019

If you are in church ministry, you are going to face inevitable criticism. The questions is, how do we deal with all sort of different types of criticism?

Tags Church, Church Health, Conflict, Criticism, Leadership, Ministry

10 Weirdest Criticism Received in Ministry

May 13, 2019

What’s the strangest criticism you’ve received?

Here are the 10 weirdest criticism I have received in the past 10 years of ministry.

Categories Blog Tags Conflict, Criticism, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Pastor

January 17, 2020March 25, 2019

The joy of ministry outweighs the hardship of ministry.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Conflict, Counseling, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring

How to Respond to Abuse in the Church

February 19, 2019February 18, 2019

Abuse is sickening and is wrong. Any tricked, forced, manipulated or coerced activity for the pleasure of the abuser is satanic.

Categories Blog Tags Abuse, Church, Counseling, Leadership, Ministry, Training

10 Quotes from Ordinary Radicals on Discipleship

December 11, 2018October 15, 2018

If a church’s strategy is not grounded in making disciples, the church has abandoned the mission Christ has given.

Categories Blog Tags Book, Great Commission, Leadership, Mission, Quote

6 Reasons Why Pastors Refuse to Make Disciples

December 11, 2018September 17, 2018

Tricking ourselves of engaging in discipleship by simply talking about it has forsaken the mission and purpose as a church.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoring, Theology

Four Different Types of Pastoral Leadership Style

December 11, 2018September 3, 2018

Choosing the right system for the right type of leadership is crucial.

Categories Blog Tags Church, Leader, Leadership, Ministry, pastor, Pastoring
development process

4 Development Process for Effective Disciple Makers

December 11, 2018April 30, 2018

Jesus didn’t take these men and immediately throw them into leadership. Jesus instead walked with them, prayed with them, and disciple them. In order to make disciples as Jesus did takes hard work, it requires grip, nurturing time, requires emotional intelligence, capacity, and fortitude.

Categories Blog Tags Development, Leadership, Pastoring, Training
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Get To Know Jonathan

Evangelica Sola is a Christian blog that incorporates a comprehensive look at doctrinal theology, christian living and the church’s disciple making mandate. Jonathan Hayashi (D.Ed.Min., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Senior Pastor of Northern Hills Baptist Church in the Greater KC area. Prior to that, he served at an inner-city church in Chicago, IL and the Greater St. Louis area for total 12 years in pastoral ministries. He is married to Kennedi and a father to three beautiful children.

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Learn More About Jonathan’s New Book, Ordinary Radicals

“Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship” unfolds, with honest open-heart questions, how we think about the gospel in our lives. The gospel you believe, determines the disciple you make. Radical discipleship is about nothing more and nothing less than laying bare the roots of the gospel.

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