Phoebe Salgado

Every June, ministers, leaders, and churches from across the Midwest District gather for District Council. While the schedule includes business sessions, worship services, and leadership development, the greatest value of Council may be something much simpler: connection. In ministry, it is easy to become isolated. Pastors carry burdens, churches face challenges, and leaders often find themselves pouring into others without taking time to be refreshed themselves. That’s why gathering matters....

This past month, I was speaking with a leader about something many of us are sensing: people in our communities are, in many ways, “over church.” Not necessarily over God. Not over truth.But over feeling like they are constantly being asked for something. In that conversation, I shared something that has been growing in my own heart: What if our goal wasn’t first to invite—but to be present? To let our lives, our consistency, and our testimony speak before we ever say anything. He responded...

Este último mes estuve conversando con un líder sobre algo que muchos estamos percibiendo:muchas personas en nuestras comunidades, en cierto sentido, ya están “cansadas de la iglesia.” No necesariamente de Dios. No de la verdad.Sino de sentir que siempre se les está pidiendo algo. En esa conversación compartí algo que ha estado creciendo en mi corazón: ¿Y si nuestra meta no fuera primero invitar, sino estar presentes? Que nuestras vidas, nuestra constancia y nuestro testimonio hablen antes...