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Tim Hawkins: Things You Don’t Say to Your Wife

Christian comic Tim Hawkins with some good marriage advice.

Why Should Small Groups Care About Mission?

Jesus trusted us with his mission. That is a humbling and motivational thought.

20 Reasons Your Church Should Have Online Groups

Online community is real and growing. Learn how your church can embrace this cultural shift.

Busy Does Not Equal Meaningful

We are in the middle of a groups campaign at my church  and it has gotten me thinking quite a bit about the definition of...

Community as Part of the Christian Life

by Mario Vega As I have written on other occasions, after some time, cell ministry becomes part of the Christian culture of...

Questions to Ask When You’ve Grown Stagnant

If something doesn’t move for a while, it usually gets stiff or stagnant.  There are times in every leader's life where we get...

Integrating Spiritual Formation Practices into GroupLife

One of the most important trends in small group ministry is the way spiritual formation practices are being integrated into small group...

Everyday Christianity

I read Acts 2 again today in my quiet time. Of course, this is a very familiar passage, one to which people like...

American Churches Going Bankrupt

Yesterday, a friend sent me a revealing article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal concerning churches who are going bankrupt because they...

Honor Your Leaders!

Can I admit something to you? I think God is allowing me to equip and serve some of the most amazing leaders on...

Maybe It’s Not Worth It

The more I delve into social media, the more questions I have. Here’s what I’m wrestling with today: Are all of my readers and commenters the...

Are You in Pursuit?

Are you pursuing folks in your small group? Not in a weird, stalker sort-of-way. Rather in a loving, caring, want-you-to-stay-connected sort-of-way?I’ve recently...

Mostly Forgotten

A powerful post about those who fall through the cracks

Drop Your Mask

Craig Groeschel encourages us to stop hiding our sin and receive forgiveness.

The Herd

Humorous look at a small group as if it were in the animal kingdom.

Why Great Ideas Die (Part 3)

My mom invented everything….or at least that’s how it seemed when I was growing up. For example, she was always concerned with keeping...

When Leadership Development Dollars are Tight

In the face of this tough economy I find that many churches are cutting their development dollars.  As they take a magnifying glass and...

Community that Leads to Transformation

Last night I ate with the staff of Camino Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The wife of one of the staff pastors ...

Culture Creation

We’re working to create a different kind of leadership culture at Grace Community Church.Our staff doesn’t function like many other staffs, even though we...

Bill Search on Southeast’s Online Leader Training Resource

One of the most helpful small group leader training tools to come out in the last several years is Bill Search’s book, Simple Small...

Remains of Pastor’s Wife and Friend Identified; OK County GOP Chair...

News surfaced this week that Tifany Machel Adams is the GOP chair for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Adams is one of four suspects charged with kidnapping and murdering pastor's wife Jilian Kelley and Kelley's friend Veronica Butler.

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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