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Leadership Isn’t Profound. It’s Just Intentional

As a ministry leader, everything I read tells me my greatest asset is my ability to duplicate myself in top level leaders around me....

The One Thing Your Family Ministry Is Missing

I love thinking and dreaming about ministry to the family. It’s what keeps me thinking. I love the way that God designed the family...

Laying the Groundwork for Change

I’m a change addict. Maybe that’s why I consume self-reflective information through books, blogs and videos.  I love the prospect of improving. When something doesn’t...

What You Do Matters More Than You’ll Ever Know

We see milestones in all parts of life. We could look to John Maxwell and see the milestones of leadership or look to Dave...

Offer More for Parents at Your Church

I feel the dilemma that you feel. Children’s Ministry is what you do, but in recent years your heart has been pricked for family ministry....

All of My Volunteers Are Old

I remember when I used to think, how in the world are we going to generate excitement for our ministry environments if all we...

How to Stop the Comparison Game

I read a few posts last week about the 10% students to total attendance ratio in churches being a “healthy” attendance number for your...

A Leader's Heart

by Tom Shefchunas Leadership is a complicated thing. I often get chances to speak at conferences for student ministers. I love to do them. I love...

5 Ways Parents Can Help Foster Faith in Their Child

Every year when we begin a new year of ministry in the fall, I see a ton of new faces and am privileged to...

Are You Really Doing What You Want to Do With Your Life?

Every Saturday over the last 3-4 months, I’ve sat down with some of my favorite guys in the world to read some books and...

Self-Evaluation: You Are Not as Awesome as You Used to Be

Right now, repeat this after me: “There are things that I’m emotionally attached to. I recognize this potential weakness. I need to invite someone to...

Evaluation: Measuring What You Can't See

Effective evaluation can be very hard to do, especially when it’s your own ministry. We’re too bought in and invested that bad news is...

Think Visual

Leaders must consider what the most important social media tools are for their ministry context. While every ministry audience is different, emerging trends show a...

When a Teen Idol Crashes and Burns

I’m sure every generation of parenting had it’s extreme challenges. With the hyper connectedness of media and social networks of today’s times, it seems...

Why Mission Trips Are Better Than Camp

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, right? This is mine. I may not be right, even by a long shot. However, I feel like...

Why We Stopped Going to Summer Camp

This year we made what would seem like one of the hardest decisions a ministry team would make. After three years of very successful...

Don't Dumb it Down, Just Teach More Smarter

One of my pet peeves is hearing someone talk about dumbing your teaching down for younger kids. Raise your hand if you’ve heard it...

3 Things to Do at Your Current Event to Increase Attendance Next Year

All of us our a bit afraid of what we see above…empty seats. But today I wanted to share one of the most important things...

The #1 Question You Should Ask Before Planning An Events

There are a ton of things that you think about and ask yourself when planning event… Are we gonna have enough stuff? Are the kids going...

3 Ways to Make Time For Your Most Important Work

Most of us probably struggle with finding time to work on the things that are the most important because they never seem to be...

Early Christian Scripture and Ancient Codices Draw Collectors’ Eyes to Paris

Amid all the preparations to turn Paris into a venue for the Olympic Games that begin in less than 100 days, one small corner of the French capital is preparing for another modern form of competition based in antiquity: Christie's auction of early Christian texts from North Africa.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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