Bo Lane

Bo Lane is the founder of ExPastors, a community that strives to offer help, healing, and hope for expastors, pastors, and church leaders, and author of Why Pastors Quit. As a media professional with more than 15 years of experience, he has developed marketing and brand strategies that have revolutionized churches and businesses, both large and small. Bo left full-time ministry after serving more than a decade in churches in Oregon, California, and Iowa. He is also a writer, filmmaker, woodworker, husband and father.

Encourage, Learn June 18, 2012

Refocusing Your Vision

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Exhausted. Worn down. Fatigued. Unmotivated. These are all descriptions of burnout. Merriam-Webster defines burnout as ‘exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a…

Educate, Encourage, Learn June 12, 2012

Lacking Influence

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It’s safe to say that congregations are not favorable to change. In fact, Herb Miller, author of Church Personality Matters, notes that “congregations resist…

Educate, Encourage, Learn June 3, 2012

Between A Rock

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I was about twenty years old and employed by a company who rented safety equipment to contractors working underground. Technically, I held the title…