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How to Witness to Family Members at Thanksgiving

David Mathis - November 17, 2022

5 Ways to Sweeten Your Morning with God

4 Sure Signs Your Church Needs More First-Time Guests

How to Love People at Church Drive You Crazy

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5 Essential Ingredients for Planting Churches

Brandon Cox - July 30, 2022

Growing larger isn’t the most beautiful part of our story. It’s that we’ve managed to spread out and multiply by planting churches.

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Bad Church Stewardship Ideas – 4 Mistakes Churches Make

Ryan Shelton - July 25, 2022

Change can be hard. Evaluate where you are honestly, and consider these church stewardship ideas. Then take the next faithful step toward teaching your church how to be more generous.

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7 Reasons You Should Invite (Some) People to Leave Your Church

Carey Nieuwhof - June 25, 2022

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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7 Ways to Hold Onto Hope

Ben Reed - June 11, 2022

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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The Best (and Least Expensive) Way to Grow Your Church

Phil Cooke - June 3, 2022

One of the most powerful tools to grow your church doesn't cost you a thing: word of mouth. So, what are people saying about your church?

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Your Checklist For Sharing the Gospel

Greg Stier - May 24, 2022

Sharing the Gospel is like flying an airplane. You want to take off smoothly, have a solid flight plan, know how to deal with emergency situations and then, of course, land safely.

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Why Church Attendance Is Important (Still!)

Matt Brown - May 23, 2022

It's surprising to me how many Christians struggle with the idea of church attendance. We are at a crossroads in our nation on the importance of going to church.

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All Christians Are Called to Full Time Ministry

Jarrid Wilson - May 16, 2022

If you call yourself a Christian, your agenda is now filled with an all-consuming calling from Christ himself to full time ministry.

Outreach & Missions How To's

Shepherding: Where The Shepherds Are Shaped by the Sheep

Jason Seville - April 23, 2022

I can’t imagine a better scenario or a sweeter season for my first pastorate. I learned that in shepherding, the sheep shape the shepherd.

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Most Churches Are Not Ready to Be Ethnically Diverse – Here’s Why

Sam Rainer - April 21, 2022

While specific churches are leading the way toward being ethnically diverse, a movement of tens of thousands of churches does not exist. Perhaps we’re at the beginning stages of such a movement.

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How to Know If Your Leadership Is Abusive

Mark Loughridge - April 12, 2022

Ministry isn’t easy. Firm leadership and visionary leadership are necessary at times, hard decisions need to be taken and church discipline needs to be exercised, but there can be an overall tone, or an underlying current to a man’s ministry that is far from helpful.

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The FIRST STEP in Church Revitalization May Shock You

Ron Edmondson - January 21, 2022

It’s deciding what’s important. Asking questions such as, why we are a church? What would God have us to do as one? Church revitalization means changing the focus from “us” to “them."

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Recognize Church Dropouts Before They Leave

Thom Rainer - January 10, 2022

One of the most significant reasons for stagnating and declining attendance is church dropouts. The most challenging problem is that church dropouts rarely return.

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Thom Rainer: 7 Secrets of Healthy Churches

Thom Rainer - January 3, 2022

Thom Rainer: Has your church had a health exam lately? How would it fare in your honest assessment of these seven secrets of healthy churches?

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8 Reasons Why People Aren’t Coming Back — from a Secret Shopper

Greg Atkinson - November 2, 2021

Why do people decide not to come back to church? Whether I’m working with a church plant of 60 people or a megachurch of over 15,000, some things are universally important.

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Teaching New Believers the Importance of Baptism

LifeWay Resources - September 25, 2021

Helping new believers recognize the importance of baptism and helping church members understand their role in communicating that importance is one of your greatest challenges.

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How to Experience a Breakthrough in Your Church’s Growth

Rick Warren - September 9, 2021

How do we experience a breakthrough in church growth? There are plenty of answers in terms of systems and methodologies, models and approaches. But before we go about the reshaping of the structure or ministry of a church, we first need to experience a change in our mindset.

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How to Be Transparent in Ministry (and Why)

Jen Thorn - September 8, 2021

Real transparency between fellow sisters (and brothers) in Christ is much deeper and much more difficult than what we commonly practice. Being transparent in ministry is painful, embarrassing, humbling work, for the teller as well as for the hearer.

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Christian Dating: Are There Any Rules Anymore?

Nicole Cottrell - July 15, 2021

Dating, especially Christian dating, should be fun. Why is it that so many single Christians turn dating into some kind of checklist and interviewing process?

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7 Great Summer Church Outreach Ideas

Church Fuel - June 17, 2021

Summer is a time when things aren’t so chaotic and people are a little less tense. And it's a GREAT time as a church to make yourself known in your community. We’ve got seven summer outreach ideas for you to do this year.

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