A Conversation on CRMs

 

A full Rolodex is not the same as faithful follow-up.

Churches need better ways to remember people, honor commitments, coordinate care, and notice who may be slipping away. The right system can support pastoral ministry—if it protects privacy and keeps people, not data, at the center.

Read: The Rolodex Was Full. The Ministry Was Not Finished.

#PastoralExcellence #PastoralCare #ChurchLeadership #ChurchHealth #ChristianLeadership

When the Biggest Employer Leaves Town

 

In this edition of Pastoral Excellence, I explore why faithful leadership requires us to interpret the numbers, understand the community, and discern when it is time to grow, consolidate, downsize, or redream the dream.

The healthiest church is not necessarily the largest. It is the church faithfully serving the people God has entrusted to it.

Read the article: https://lnkd.in/ga_cMZrz

How has change in your community affected the congregation you serve?

#PastoralExcellence #ChurchLeadership #ChurchHealth #ChurchRevitalization #PastoralLeadership #MinistryLeadership #CommunityEngagement #FaithfulLeadership

Faith and Compassion

 

Faith and Compassion — Matthew 9:18–38

Explore • Engage • Apply

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▶️ Start Here (Watch / Listen)

• 🎥 Full Sermon (YouTube) https://youtu.be/Zl6sn8IOEzc

• 🎥 Full Sermon (Facebook) https://fb.watch/G90IhlxH0b/

• 🎧 Audio Reflection https://buymeacoffee.com/tomsims/faith-compassion-an-audio-reflection-matthew-9

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📖 Go Deeper (Study & Reflection)

• 📚 Bible Chat (Substack) https://tomsims.substack.com/p/faith-and-compassion-matthew-91838

• 📝 Personal Reflection (Medium) https://medium.com/@tomsims/the-filter-of-compassion-f60190f03152?sk=fda883e2cfb8214834baa069fbe16fc8

• ✝️ Church & Theology (pastortom.blog) https://pastortom.blog/2026/03/29/the-church-as-a-clarion-call-for-a-more-compassionate-world/

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👥 Apply (Leadership & Life)

• ⛪ Faith Leaders (Pastoral Excellence) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/viewing-crowds-through-eyes-jesus-tom-sims-vaucc

• 🏢 Leaders in Any Field https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/compassionate-leader-tom-sims-twujc

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🤝 Engage (Community)

• 💬 Fellowship of Joy Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/fellowshipofjoy

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📅 Connect

• 🗓 Coaching / Conversation https://calendly.com/coachtomsims/just-a-conversation-or-meeting

 

We’re good at filling space.

Spiritual leaders must learn to create it.

Where, in your leadership, do you need to make room for the presence of God?

Read:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/making-space-leading-people-presence-god-tom-sims-32xbc

#PastoralExcellence #Leadership #SpiritualLeadership #PresenceOfGod

Jesus Did Not Give Up on This World - Nor Can We

“I cannot give up on the world—because Jesus didn’t.”

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls his followers salt and light because he believed faithful people could make a real difference in the world.

📘 Go deeper with the full sermon text, prayer, and study guide on Substack:
👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/tomsims/p/salt-and-light-why-jesus-didnt-give

🎥 Watch the full sermon on YouTube:
👉 https://youtu.be/a1_mXyOTH2M

💬 Join the conversation:
– Where do you see the world most in need of hope right now?
– What might it look like for you to be salt or light this week?

🌍 The Fellowship of Joy
An online community connecting individuals and small groups around the world for ongoing faith, conversation, and encouragement.
👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/fellowshipofjoy/

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#ChristianHope
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#FaithInAction
#BibleReflection
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Writing Beyond Our Lives: Phillips Brooks and the Ministry That Outlasts Us

Voices Heard — Phillips Brooks: Writing Beyond Our Lives

Phillips Brooks (1835–1893) believed that preaching was not performance but pastoral care, and that truth only becomes transformative when it passes through a living person.

In this Voices Heard episode, I reflect on Brooks as:

A pastor first, whose preaching was itself a form of care

A voice who spoke in, with, and against the tides of his time

A preacher who understood that writing extends ministry beyond a lifetime

A hymn writer whose theology could be sung, remembered, and prayed

A leader who spoke where the human condition meets the voice of God

At the center is Brooks’s enduring prayer:

Do not pray for easy lives… pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Beyond the paywall, six extended reflections explore how writing becomes a form of leadership, how influence outlives position, and how faithfulness—not ambition—is what gives words their staying power.

This is an invitation to think about what kind of voice you are leaving behind.

Join us: https://tomsims.substack.com/p/writing-beyond-our-lives-phillips

Follow Me | Matthew 4:12–25 | Fellowship of Joy with Pastor Tom

What does it really mean to follow Jesus?

In Matthew 4, Jesus begins his public ministry in a moment of danger and uncertainty. John has been arrested. The future is unclear. And yet, on an ordinary shoreline, Jesus speaks two simple words that still carry extraordinary weight: “Follow me.”

This long-form video sermon explores that moment—why Jesus begins where he does, how calling often comes before clarity, and why discipleship is rarely a straight road but a faithful one. It is a reflection offered especially for those navigating change, uncertainty, or a quiet season of faith.

🎥 Watch the full sermon on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/rQQNyO3qEi4?si=xNvxXiSNJfWVIbdD

📖 Read the full manuscript, reflections, and study notes on Substack:
https://tomsims.substack.com/p/follow-me-when-the-kingdom-comes

Whether you watch, listen, or read, you are welcome here—wherever you are joining from.

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#FollowMe
#Matthew4
#Discipleship
#ChristianReflection

#BibleTeaching
#FaithAndLife
#LeadershipAndFaith

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#PastorTomSims
#FellowshipOfJoy