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10 Million Download LifeChurch's Free Bible App

Users have spent more than three billion minutes exploring the Bible using this smartphone app.

Free eBook: Recruiting Volunteers

"No matter where you may be in your leadership, recruiting volunteers can be one of the most difficult tasks you will encounter."

Prayer Guide Sells 90,000 Copies

Released October 15, Operation World is the seventh edition of highly anticipated prayer guide.

Handling Homosexuality in Your Preaching

How do you approach God’s Word when handling homosexuality?

Helping the Family in a Tough Economy

The New Testament church always takes care of her own.

Like Tumblers in a Combination Lock

This week, I'm talking to my 2010 Dream Year class about tweaking and adjusting their business models until they thrive. Not every idea...

Sermon: From Darkness to Light

Here’s the sermon I’m preaching tomorrow titled, From Darkness to Light, based on Colossians 1:11-20. From Darkness Into Light Colossians 1:(9-10), 11-20 NIV (9 For this...

Green Room Convo from "Leader & Readers"

Last week I had the privilege of working with 6 other authors in a a brand new online conference experience called Leaders & Readers....

Faithful Presence Amid "Continuous Partial Attention," Part 2

In last week's post, we briefly discussed James Davison Hunter's observation (from his book To Change the World) that our increasingly omnipresent "fragmentation...

My Questions

You may have noticed that we often report on things we have learned from Protestant pastors.  Perhaps you are writing a book or...

The Testimony of One North Korean Girl

You need to watch this. In fact, you must watch this. Please watch this. While I wasn’t personally able to attend the Lausanne Congress on...

Butt Naked On The JumboTron

Growing up, the idea of “God as Judge” always worried me…no…actually, it scared the daylights out of me.  All I could ever picture...

Job Satisfaction

Our evaluation season has begun at NCC. We have an annual evaluation mechanism we developed many years ago that enables employees to evaluate...

Do You Need a Second Chance?

I recently caught up with Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite to ask them about what’s happening at People of the Second Chance. Check...

Three Critical Time Elements for Every Leader

Time is one of the greatest assets of any leader. Learning to balance a leader’s time effectively is often a key in determining...

The Importance of the Why Before How & What

Great leaders inspire. More specifically, they have an uncanny ability to communicate the “why” of their leadership that in turn creates a...

Would You Attend a 3-D Church Service?

A Florida megachurch is inviting the community to a service unlike any they've seen before.

Megachurches Prospering in Poor Economy

A new survey shows churches with more than 2,000 attenders are doing just fine financially.

6 Warning Signs Your Legacy Is at Risk

Are you avoiding changes that might make your church uncomfortable?

Shoppers Plan to Spend Less but Stay Generous

Does Bad News for Retailers Mean Good News for Charities This Holiday Season?

‘Understanding Precedes Refutation’—Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles in Babylon Conference Is Curious

The Exiles in Babylon conference, which is an outgrowth of Preston Sprinkle's “Theology in the Raw” podcast, “aims to help believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.”

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

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