Church life is full of meetings, and no doubt you’ve experienced the satisfaction of a well-conducted, efficient meeting that makes an impact. Likewise, you may also have been a part of meetings that leave people confused and aimless. Like good project management,...
Licensed Counselor Steve Bielby On Seeing The Bigger Picture
Licensed Counselor and former Singles Pastor Steve Bielby worked in ministry at the same church for 13 years. His time in the church came to an abrupt and surprising end. Here, Steve discusses how, even if it involves pushing you to face challenges, the Lord will push...
Admin Tools that Save The Pastor Time
My husband is a full-time pastor who serves a smaller to average-sized congregation. Our church also has a bi-vocational youth pastor. Beyond that, our other positions are volunteer-based. A pastor, no matter the church size, has daily administrative tasks. Churches...
A Biblically-Based Ministry to the Elected Officials of Nations
In my lifetime I haven’t seen as much anger and frustration expressed by so many professing Christians as I am seeing this election season. It is no secret that politicians are typically perceived in a negative light in America and around the world. They are often...
Can You Get Real with Anyone?
Pastor Chad Norris: Getting Real Sometimes, the hardest thing for a pastor to do is to be real. There is so much pressure to be perfect, holy, and spiritually on-point that there's very little room for the things that make you human once you become a pastor. Here,...
5 Out-of-the Box Community Outreach Ideas
Bounce houses in the church parking lot has been done . . . a lot. Easter egg hunts in the church lawn . . . yeah, there’s always going to be a couple of churches in your community doing that. And Halloween parties—I mean, fall festivals—are a time-honored tradition...
Tell Stories Like Jesus (And Hollywood)
In what way does a Hollywood script writer take lessons from Jesus that far too many pastors do not? They understand the power of a story. Preparing for your next Sunday sermon will typically have many of the same ingredients as those from other pastors, no matter...
Counseling Members in Areas You’re Not Well-Trained In
Intro to Greek. Intro to Hebrew. Systematic Theology. Church History. New Testament. Old Testament. Advanced Greek. Advanced Hebrew. Live, Eat, and Breathe Greek. Live, Eat, and Breathe Hebrew . . . You probably took all these classes and much, much more during your...
Leaders of “Competing” Churches Talk
A kingdom divided will not stand.” Sounds nice in theory, especially since it’s Biblical. But adhering to it can be a painful process including anger, frustration and even bitterness…This is the story of Pastors Tim Blevins of Life Community Church and Jeff Kapusta of...
Guarding Your Gratitude
Recently, our family celebrated the 7th birthday of our twin girls, Adleigh and Liana. Amid the festivities marked with Barbies and princess dresses, what made this day extra special for us was remembering the words spoken by doctors days after they were born 3 months...
How To Run Highly Effective Church Staff Meetings
Church life is full of meetings, and no doubt you’ve experienced the satisfaction of a well-conducted, efficient meeting that makes an impact. Likewise, you may also have been a part of meetings that leave people confused and aimless. Like good project management,...
Licensed Counselor Steve Bielby On Seeing The Bigger Picture
Licensed Counselor and former Singles Pastor Steve Bielby worked in ministry at the same church for 13 years. His time in the church came to an abrupt and surprising end. Here, Steve discusses how, even if it involves pushing you to face challenges, the Lord will push...
Admin Tools that Save The Pastor Time
My husband is a full-time pastor who serves a smaller to average-sized congregation. Our church also has a bi-vocational youth pastor. Beyond that, our other positions are volunteer-based. A pastor, no matter the church size, has daily administrative tasks. Churches...
A Biblically-Based Ministry to the Elected Officials of Nations
In my lifetime I haven’t seen as much anger and frustration expressed by so many professing Christians as I am seeing this election season. It is no secret that politicians are typically perceived in a negative light in America and around the world. They are often...
Can You Get Real with Anyone?
Pastor Chad Norris: Getting Real Sometimes, the hardest thing for a pastor to do is to be real. There is so much pressure to be perfect, holy, and spiritually on-point that there's very little room for the things that make you human once you become a pastor. Here,...
5 Out-of-the Box Community Outreach Ideas
Bounce houses in the church parking lot has been done . . . a lot. Easter egg hunts in the church lawn . . . yeah, there’s always going to be a couple of churches in your community doing that. And Halloween parties—I mean, fall festivals—are a time-honored tradition...
Tell Stories Like Jesus (And Hollywood)
In what way does a Hollywood script writer take lessons from Jesus that far too many pastors do not? They understand the power of a story. Preparing for your next Sunday sermon will typically have many of the same ingredients as those from other pastors, no matter...
Counseling Members in Areas You’re Not Well-Trained In
Intro to Greek. Intro to Hebrew. Systematic Theology. Church History. New Testament. Old Testament. Advanced Greek. Advanced Hebrew. Live, Eat, and Breathe Greek. Live, Eat, and Breathe Hebrew . . . You probably took all these classes and much, much more during your...
Leaders of “Competing” Churches Talk
A kingdom divided will not stand.” Sounds nice in theory, especially since it’s Biblical. But adhering to it can be a painful process including anger, frustration and even bitterness…This is the story of Pastors Tim Blevins of Life Community Church and Jeff Kapusta of...
Guarding Your Gratitude
Recently, our family celebrated the 7th birthday of our twin girls, Adleigh and Liana. Amid the festivities marked with Barbies and princess dresses, what made this day extra special for us was remembering the words spoken by doctors days after they were born 3 months...
Helping Your Small Group Thrive
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