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Why Do Churches Resist Change (And What You Can Do About It)

Gavin Adams -
The bringing of order creates the organization but also  simultaneously slows the creative, leadership elements of change. This happens in every organization, but churches resist change even more, or so it seems.
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7 Reasons You Should Invite (Some) People to Leave Your Church

Carey Nieuwhof -
Sometimes, one of the best things you can do to become even more effective at accomplishing your mission is to invite people to leave your church.
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What Matters Most in Parenting

James Emery White -
One of the most extensive investments I have made with my life has been parenting. My wife and I raised four children and now pour ourselves anew into 14 grandchildren.
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5 Attacks of the Enemy on Christian Workers These Days

Chuck Lawless -
The enemy has always sought to turn our attention away from reaching non-believers, discipling new believers, and planting healthy churches.
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The Truth About Church Demographics

Ray Hollenbach -
In the church, George Barna has made a career out of church demographics. We live in sociological ghettoes, and those who sell goods, services, and philosophies can find all the figures they need to target their message.
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Awakening the Church with Transparency, Authenticity and Protective Measures

Elizabeth Fisher Good -
In today’s digital age, pornography has become increasingly accessible. It has also become more widely accepted and morally ambiguous over recent years.
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3 Ways to Experience ‘The Good Life’ in Jesus

Dale Chamberlain -
By looking at Paul’s words in Romans 8, here are three insights into how we can begin experiencing the good life in Jesus.
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7 Things Christians Should Give Up to Reach Unchurched People

Carey Nieuwhof -
The challenge is that unchurched people aren’t exactly flocking to most churches, and many Christians seem stumped as to why that is.
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Of Course We Want Our Church to Grow—We Just Don’t Want to CHANGE

Carey Nieuwhof -
One of the tensions many of us wrestle with as leaders who are trying to help your church change happens when people tell us: I want our church to grow. I just don’t want it to change.
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5 Ways to Deal With DIFFICULT People

Luke Geraty -
Every pastor has to deal with difficult people, those who don’t listen. If you are in a place of influence (leadership), you might find that some people aren’t interested in what you have to say.
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9 Ways to Connect With God

Gary Thomas -
This week we’re celebrating a new release of Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God. It has a new cover and a new section that explores the pathways in light of the increasing focus on the Enneagram.
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Should Your Church Sell Advertising on its Livestream?

Phil Cooke -
I asked a range of highly respected pastors, marketing experts, and other Christian communication professionals what they’d recommend regarding church advertising. While we didn’t find a consensus, we did get a wide range of interesting responses.
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11 Totally Honest Responses to the Church Meet and Greet

Brian Orme -
Some people hear about a church meet and greet and think, "That sounds like fun!" Others hear the same words and and have these responses:
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7 Ways to Hold Onto Hope

Ben Reed -
When you hide behind your beautiful mask, you’re not doing yourself any good. You can hold on to hope when you are honest with yourself and others.
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How to Combat the Uptick in Antisemitic Attacks

John Hagee -
Holocaust education will eventually do the trick; in the meantime, increased visible security must protect people of faith against antisemitic attacks.
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Antisemitism in the West Is Out in the Open, Not Hiding in Plain Sight

John Hagee -
For several years, Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has been deeply concerned that antisemitism was hiding in plain sight in the US and Europe. But today, anti-Israel sentiment has largely shed this pretense.
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TikTok: Could ‘Algorithm-Based Evangelism’ Be a Bigger Opportunity for the Gospel Than Radio and Television Combined?

R. York Moore -
Social media has changed forever with the rise of TikTok, which is now officially the most opened and watched app in the social media ecosystem. Here's how we can use is strategically for evangelism
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5 Fascinating Lessons From a ‘Secret’ Guest in Church Worship Services

Thom Rainer -
The guests showed up to your church worship services, but they never returned. Has that ever happened in your church? You speak with someone who is visiting for the first time. You try to be friendly. But you never see them again.
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New Kinds of Churches Are the Hope of the Future

Mike Frost -
The hope of the future include things like messy churches and heavy metal churches, as well as pub churches, microchurches, dinner churches or house churches and other missional communities.
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Rethinking Mental Health Care: How the Church Can Transform a Broken System

Matthew S Stanford -
Mental health is the great mission field of the 21st century, and it is time the Church recognized its God-given role. The involvement of the Church is the missing piece necessary to transform our broken system.
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