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4 Do's and 4 Don’ts for Engaging Guests

Ron Edmondson shares practical tips for connecting with first time guests.

Relational Rollercoaster: A Whole New Ride

Today we concluded a series called “Relational Rollercoaster” at Gateway Church in Austin. John Burke shared some of the following insights: “Love is a...

Asking New Questions

Often times our life stories and the various chapters of our life stories are written based upon the questions that we ask ourselves....

WWJD vs WDJD

We like to ask, “What would Jesus do?” but before you can answer that question you have to ask, “What did Jesus do?” At the...

Explaining Christianity to Kids

We’ve been in a series at Cross Point on Heaven entitled “Glimpse”. This series has stretched me in a way I haven’t been...

God Block

I don’t really suffer from writer’s block. I suffer from writer’s motivation. I always have tons of ideas. I don’t, however, always have...

Leadership Plumbline # 9: “The Church is an Army, Not an Audience.’”

Plumblines are a series of short, pithy statements that we, at the Summit, use as rallying points for our staff.  They are a...

Free eBooklet: Church Planting Wisdom

"This pamphlet is a collection of church planting wisdoms assembled from across the nation."

Free Report: Externally Focused Churches

"Community service is becoming a normal part of being a regular churchgoer."

When The Church Makes Christians Feel Inadequate

Is the church making Christians feel more and more inadequate?

Post-Black Theology: Leadership

(I will present here a writing that I developed for both an evangelical newspaper and journal I used to write for. I say,...

Helping Others Win

Over the years I have found that Helping Others Win is a very important duty.  As leaders, our primary goal is to help those...

In the Beginning was Jesus . . .

In the beginning was Jesus. Without Jesus there would be no messianic Jewish community in Jerusalem whose leaders proclaimed that God had ...

Blocked vs. Empty

One of the most exhilarating and yet at the same time frightening challenges of my job is waking up every Monday morning...

7 Ways to "Do Church" as a Pastor

My family RARELY ever “does church” together…at church. I’m practically gone Saturday and Sunday and seldom do we see each other at ...

How Do You Discern Your Vocation?

Here is a great article by Tim Keller that may help you process some of what you heard in this weekend’s sermon. Tim Keller says, ‘God loves...

Church Growth: Multiplication over Addition

Jeff Vanderstelt shares the vision for creating missional communities in the city of Tacoma, WA.

An Unlimited Resource: Effectively Recruiting Others

One of the most difficult traps to overcome in ministry is trying to do everything by yourself. This doesn’t have...

More than Your Pounding Heart: External Confirmation of a Call

Darrin Patrick, Vice President of the Acts 29 Network and lead pastor of The Journey Church in St. Louis, authored Church Planter, published by Crossway. With...

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Leader, “It’s All Your Fault!”

The term “Leader” carries a great deal of responsibility.  Once a person obtains the title of Leader, they also get the bonus baggage...

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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