Play Ball, Church!
by Rick Chromey I love baseball. It’s truly a beautiful, unique game. Baseball is influenced by its past but not dictated by it. Like Christianity, baseball is Trinitarian. Three strikes. …
Be a Better Leader
You got into church leadership because you felt God’s calling to use your gifts to bring others closer to Jesus. But maybe you don’t feel prepared for the administrative side of running a ministry—things like hiring and training staff, budgeting, managing volunteers, leading change, and more. Find help you need right here!
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Three Lessons for Pastors from Air Traffic Controllers
by Mikal Keefer Something to consider the next time you fly: roughly 87,000 flights crisscross U.S. airspace daily, most of them shuffled into increasingly crowded flight paths. And, at some…
Listen to the Dones
by Josh Packard Why would someone devote his whole life to church and then one day decide to walk out the door and not come back? This was the central…
Change in the Wind
by Rick Chromey Spring has truly sprung. Everywhere you look, trees bud, grass greens, and birds nest. As the days warm, there’s the promise of better days ahead. The dark,…
Sticky Community: The Rule of Three’s
by Rick Chromey In Millennial dating culture, there’s a popular acronym known as “DTR” or “defining the relationship.” It’s the first step in going steady. A DTR solidifies commitment and…
What If We Started Over? Reimagining Ministry.
By Thom Schultz What if we started over? What if we erased everything we know about the organized church and its activities and began reimagining ministry? What if we started…
Naysayers Who Kill Your Dreams
by Thom Schultz Ministries get paralyzed for many reasons. One of these reasons is perfectly predictable—and avoidable. It is the fear of the naysayer. You’ve been there. You have a…
7 Reasons to Cover Sunday Content in Groups
by Austin Maxheimer At our church we have encouraged all of our small groups and Sunday teams to engage with the Sunday message as the content for their group discussion. …
Preparing for Small Group Success: The Long and Short of It
by Austin Maxheimer There are two different levels of preparation that need to take place if you are going to lead a dynamic group: long- and short-term planning. What you…
Building Fences: Making Children’s Ministry a Priority and Not Just a Program
By Rick Chromey “It’s better to build a fence at the top of a cliff than a hospital at the bottom.” That’s sound advice every church needs to heed. Its…
