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A Believer’s Wake-Up Call

Greg Stier - January 19, 2024

Believers, get in the fight! There’s a battle raging, behind the veneer of this world. It’s a battle between believers and the forces of darkness for the souls of humanity.

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5 Short-Timers Who Don’t Really Help Church Attendance

LifeWay Resources - January 19, 2024

There are five types of individuals who are most likely to not stay very long. I’m afraid there is nothing in this article that will help you keep them. But perhaps, if you have advanced warning, their departure won’t hurt so much.

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6 Results of Relational Evangelism

Emma Schenkel - January 18, 2024

Traditional approaches are losing its impact on today’s teens who need and want more. Instead, let’s look at six things that happen when you switch gears and start to focus on relational evangelism.

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7 Key Steps of Recruiting, Training and Retaining Church Volunteers

Anthony Coppedge - January 17, 2024

In my experience, there are three parts (Recruit, Train, Retain) to this process, so I’ve included my 7 Steps of recruiting, training and retaining church volunteers.

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What Does the Bible Say About Domestic Violence?

Ally Kern - January 16, 2024

What does the Bible say about domestic abuse victims? Despite it being a reality within the church, we have largely remained silent on the abuse so embedded in our homes and neighborhoods.

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One Reason I’m Not Faithful in Evangelism

Mike Leake - January 15, 2024

One reason we tend to be bad at evangelism is because we often try to call people to the grace of Jesus while at the same time being judgmental against them in our hearts.

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100 Three-Word Posts for Online Outreach

Toni Birdsong - January 15, 2024

To get your creative muscle amped, we’d like to get you thinking in even shorter bursts of truth for online outreach.

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8 Signs You Love Legalism More Than Jesus

Frank Powell - January 13, 2024

Legalism is adding anything to the gospel. Legalism in the church takes the words “Follow me” and adds stipulations, clauses and barriers. Find out the eight signs you love legalism more than Jesus.

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Start Your Day With Listening to God

Randy Alcorn - January 12, 2024

We need to hear from God before we hear from everybody else. That’s a good reason not to start the day by looking at email or text messages, but rather to start by listening to God by going to your primary inbox: Scripture.

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Outreach Strategy for Advertising: 10 Helps

LifeWay Resources - January 12, 2024

An outreach strategy uses advertising to help us tell the message of the church and the Christ of the church.

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Building a Great Church Usher Team

Dan Reiland - January 11, 2024

In the same way that not just anyone can be on the worship team, work in children’s ministry or lead a small group, not just anyone can be a church usher. The right gifts, passion, and ability make a big difference.

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‘Evangelize’ Is in the Bible; ‘Evangelism’ Isn’t

Greg Stier - January 9, 2024

The word evangelize is used 52 times and the word “evangelist” is used a few times as well, but the word “evangelism” is as absent as a loudmouth in a boot camp for mimes.

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Sharing Jesus in the Muddy Water of Modern Culture

Greg Stier - January 8, 2024

I have a few gripes with some of the methodology that is prevalent out there today when it comes to sharing Jesus. The biggest, of course, is that many are not clear on the gospel of grace. But, I guess, muddy water is better than no water at all.

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12 Crazy Cool Church Outreach Ideas from Churches Just Like Yours

Esther Laurie - January 7, 2024

Whether you’re part of a big church or a small church, here are some great church outreach ideas to inspire you and energize your planning for the year.

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8 Tried and True Practices to Lead up Well

Dan Reiland - January 5, 2024

When you lead up well, you are trusted more, empowered at a greater level, able to make a significant contribution, and rise in responsibility.

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5 Ways Resilient Leaders Learn to Bounce Back

Charles Stone - January 5, 2024

Consider these practical steps you can apply in your life and leadership to ‘bounce back’ more quickly, and join the ranks of resilient leaders.

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Beyond Invite and Invest: A Better Plan for Outreach

Tony Morgan - January 4, 2024

The church plan for outreach used to be all about the invite. Everyone went to church whether they wanted to or not. It was a cultural expectation.

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7 Eye-Opening Misunderstandings Younger Minds Have About Older Generations

Ron Edmondson - January 3, 2024

I’m not “old” yet (at least in my opinion). Old enough to know there are some misunderstandings younger generations have about older generations.

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How To Love God and Others

Greg Stier - January 2, 2024

Love God. Love others. In just four words, this mantra sums up what Jesus declared are the two greatest commandments (Mark 12:28-31). And I’m convinced that to fulfill this mantra, we must evangelize.

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Taking Stock of the State of Church Communications

Bryan Haley - January 2, 2024

I recently asked our Insiders community how they would describe the state of church communications. The results quickly affirmed what I'm sure we all already know

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