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How to Get Speaking Engagements at Churches

If you're available for speaking engagements, public speaking events, organizations looking for speakers, engagements at schools, engagements at colleges, here are 8 strategies to set yourself in a great position for landing them.

Do You Suffer From A Poverty of Time?

We live in a day of overload and overcommitment. Because of that, some now speak of the poverty of time: our inability to stop, to slow down, to process, reflect and sabbath.

3 Keys To Overcome Leadership Development Failures

Leadership development fails because learning and training are often focused on the current role a person is playing rather than the role they will be playing in the future.

What Happens When God Speaks to You

God begins to come alive to you. In a very real and tangible way, God speaks to you. Now, when God speaks to you, I’m not talking about some new word from God.

Carey Nieuwhof: 7 Kinds of People You Can’t Afford to Keep

The people you are most afraid of losing are the people you most need to lose. Truthfully, you can’t afford to keep them.

A Gutsy Prayer for Men to Pray

They have a vibrant and consistent prayer life, even though you’ve never seen their private prayers. And you wish your relationship with God was more like theirs. That kind of prayer for men is available toi us all.

Pastor: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

What questions do we bring to the Lord? What questions do we bring to the scripture? The best answer waits upon asking the right question.

10 Ways To Find Rest in Christ

How can we live with a conscience that is pacified by the blood of Christ? Christians, be persuaded to practice these steps to find rest.

How To Pastor and Befriend Creatives

At Sojourn, here's what we learned about each other, and about how to befriend creatives, pastor them, and mentor or live as a spouse with a Romantic/Originalist/Artist.

Share Your Sermons and Teaching on Amazon Alexa

StreamingChurchTV has a new concept that gives pastors and teachers a new platform for giving millions of people access to their sermons and teaching through Amazon Alexa devices.

How in the World Do You Change the Established Culture?

You've heard it said that "culture eats strategy for lunch?" That's especially true in churches.

25 Martin Luther King Quotes

There are so many tremendous Dr. Martin Luther King quotes. These are just 25 retweetable quotes that have stood out to me over the years.

How My Work as a Pastor Nearly Killed Me!

Consider Jesus, who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

EGR – Extra Grace Required?

The pastor asked his staff to be patient with such people, and referred to these unfortunates as EGR: Extra Grace Required. The difficult people in the church needed extra grace.

You Can Do Better: 6 Leadership Lessons We All Need

Leading well is hard. There are often common threads - leadership lessons - among a majority of leaders with whom I interact.

What is Your Supreme Value – Would You Let Donald Trump on Your Church Leadership Team?

The main issue for those leading the church is simple: What is our supreme value? Simply leading? Or the God we are following?

50% of Pastors Don’t Believe They Have Strong Preaching

You may never be as good as your strong preaching idol, but that’s not your calling or goal. Your goal is to be the best version of yourself.

How To Receive Criticism and Respond With Grace

Randy Alcorn: "I love this advice from Scott Sauls about how to receive criticism and respond with grace. There’s a lot of wisdom here."

4 Reasons NOT to Give Altar Calls

When altar calls are properly handled, lost people are asked to trust Christ as the only way to heaven. The issue is responding to Christ, not to you.

Give Thanks – It’s the Will of God

Guilt is a terrible motivation to give thanks, but we find ourselves using it often. Rather than hearing thankfulness as a command, perhaps we can hear it as an invitation.

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

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