Pastoring Today
December 2025
Year-End Reflection: Lessons for the Church
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Year in Review: Lessons God Taught the Church in 2025
Dr. Samuel Okafor
Advent and the Weary Pastor
Rev. Angela Davis
Succession Planning: The Conversation Every Pastor Avoids
Dr. Beverly Harrington
The Gift of Doubt: Strengthening Faith Through Hard Questions
Pastor Keisha Brennan
Interview: Rev. Titus Brown on 20 Years of Urban Church Planting
Editorial Staff
Giving Tuesday and Year-End Generosity Campaigns
CPA Minister David Osei
Feature Stories
EDITOR'S PICK
Pastoring Today· feature
Year in Review: Lessons God Taught the Church in 2025
Before you step into the new year, pause to honor what God did in the last one.
Dr. Samuel Okafor
9 min
Pastoring Today· feature
Advent and the Weary Pastor
The season that asks the most of pastors can also give the most — if you let it.
Rev. Angela Davis
8 min
Pastoring Today· feature
The Gift of Doubt: Strengthening Faith Through Hard Questions
Doubt is not the enemy of faith. Suppressed doubt is.
Pastor Keisha Brennan
9 min
