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- 1. A Plea to Pastors for Easter Weekend
- After a year filled with lockdowns and online options and outdoor worship services and socially-distanced indoor services and mask mandates and hand sanitizer by the truckload, Easter 2021 has the potential ...
- Created on 29 March 2021
- 2. 7 Reasons You Must Not Abandon Your Online Services ...
- We are seeing the trends, and they are troubling. As churches return to in-person gatherings, they are abandoning their digital and streaming services. At the very least, they are not giving them the ...
- Created on 01 February 2021
- 3. 12 Things You Need to Know About the New Paycheck Protection Program
- ... ith a greater purpose by aligning their people solutions for growth: hiring, compensation, succession and culture. Through its retained executive search and consulting services, Vanderbloemen serves chu ...
- Created on 04 January 2021
- 4. 10 Common Traits of the Jesus-Driven Church
- The Word of God teaches us in Romans 8:29 that believers were "predestined to be conformed to the image of [Jesus Christ]." The apostle Paul wrote this to the church in Rome; therefore, the subject of ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 5. How Involved Should the Lead Pastor Be in Selecting Worship Service Songs?
- A church with one service a week will likely sing over 200 songs in a year. Our church has five services in two languages at two sites on Sunday. We also have Wednesday night programming. Throw in the ...
- Created on 23 September 2020
- 6. 11 Ministry Questions You Never Dreamed You Might Ask
- ... s about social distancing with these groups, but we'll have to figure out how to do these ministries safely and well. 6. Will my ego be bruised by preaching to smaller groups spread out in multiple ser ...
- Created on 22 May 2020
- 7. Will Online Kids Services Continue Post-Pandemic? ...
- Six months ago, I could count on one hand the number of churches that were providing online services for kids. That changed when the pandemic came sweeping in. Thousands of churches or I might even ...
- Created on 01 May 2020
- 8. 5 Trends of Church Closures Since COVID-19 Began
- ... 00 to 10,000. But we are able to discern some trends taking place in light of COVID-19. With churches unable to have in-person services and with possible financial challenges, many churches are more at-r ...
- Created on 29 April 2020
- 9. 9 Great Ways Kids Can Serve Your Church
- ... their parents. In this situation, the child can help pass out crafts and snacks, and interact with the preschoolers in a positive way. 2. Help the teacher clean up the classroom after services are over. P ...
- Created on 17 April 2020
- 10. Why Church Members Choose One Service Over Another
- My church has five services on Sunday morning across two sites and in two languages. I preach three services in English; our Hispanic pastor preaches a service in Spanish; and our campus pastor preaches ...
- Created on 31 March 2020
- 11. 10 Steps to Become a Better Leader in 2020
- I want to be the best leader I can be. I know I'm not there yet, and I still have much room to grow. So, as I wrote this post, I wrote it as a student more than a teacher. Here are some steps I'm taking ...
- Created on 03 January 2020
- 12. How to Fire Up Your Church for Spiritual Growth
- ... ed it in your church ministries. Mention it during the services every weekend. We invite people to the front to meet with a Next Steps counselor during every service. During our offering time each week, ...
- Created on 28 October 2019
- 13. 7 Great Things About Serving in an Established Church
- I recently posted about the things I miss about church planting while serving in an established church. Church planting can be daunting, but the rewards from seeing people far from God get excited about ...
- Created on 30 September 2019
- 14. 8 Reasons We Preachers Might Be More Boring Than We Think
- I admit that I debated whether to write this post—primarily because I might be unknowingly describing my own teaching and preaching. At the same time, I don't want to suggest that most preachers and teachers ...
- Created on 20 August 2019
- 15. 3 Ways to Keep Your Listeners' Attention as You Preach
- Preaching is tougher than ever these days. For one thing, we can't assume that people come to our churches with a basic understanding of the Bible as they may have in the past. But it's also tougher because ...
- Created on 07 August 2019
- 16. 12 Distractions That Can Disrupt Worship Services ...
- ... h members and my own experiences, though, here are 12 far-too-common distractions during worship services: Starting late. Our secret shoppers know to be present in the worship center prior to the publiciz ...
- Created on 29 July 2019
- 17. Are You Serving Selflessly?
- There was a knock on the door of our farmhouse. I say "our," but it really belonged to the man who was knocking: our landlord, Mr. Countryman. From the window, I could see Mr. Countryman standing on our ...
- Created on 20 May 2019
- 18. A Ministry of Helps
- ... mind—helping people or making a profit? Certainly, success allows us to serve more people. We work hard to develop products, services, marketing and distribution systems to operate profitably. But do you ...
- Created on 02 May 2019
- 19. New Research: 8 Real Reasons People Skip Church
- A new survey from the Pew Research Center gives some insight into why Americans decide to attend church services in their communities—or skip church altogether and stay home. Reported in Christianity Today, ...
- Created on 17 August 2018
- 20. Why Your Church Schedule May Be Way Too Full
- Your church may be too busy. Indeed, your church calendar may be so full you have rendered much of the activity of the members ineffective. It's time to start fresh. I am proposing you dump everything ...
- Created on 20 December 2017
