5 Steps to Recruiting Long-term Kids Ministry Volunteers
Recruiting kids ministry volunteers is one of the most important ways you can invest in your church community. The volunteers plant the seed for...
We’re Made for a Church Family
Written by: Barnabas Piper
Barnabas Piper is an assistant pastor at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of several books, including Help My Unbelief and Hoping for Happiness, and...
5 Practices That Help Turn Prayer Moments to Prayer Movements
Prayer is always personal first, it starts with a person, then catches fire to others.
I’ve been praying for a long time, many decades in...
Partnering with Parents In Student Ministry
As children or youth pastors we want to care for the kids/students in our ministry and one theme that has continued to surface over the last...
Does Social Media Hinder or Help Community In the Local Church?
I just had a great conversation in the doctoral seminar I’m attending at Trinity Seminary. Dr. Bill Donahue, Willow Creek’s guru on small groups...
King David’s Breakthrough Secrets
David is one of the most admired characters in the Bible. He was anointed by God to be king over Israel. And even though...
Confronting the Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future
The movie, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens is a classic. Ebenezer Scrooge, a ruthless businessman, is visited on the night of Christmas Eve by his...
We Have to Help
I recently came across the story of Eric Kilburn Jr. He’s a great young man, by all accounts. Yet, he was in need.
His mother,...
5 Things the Church Needs to Stop Doing ( That Are Not In the...
The Church has more than its share of critics these days.
Sometimes the criticism is unwarranted. People project their issues onto a congregation or onto the...
Why Your Church Has to Replace 32 Percent of Its Attendance to Stay Even...
Let’s start with a scenario that your church has an average worship attendance of 100. I use that number for simplicity. The median worship...
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Nobody is fully represented by a piece of paper. Yet the hiring process, in all its chaotic glory, usually depends on the words on...
Victory In Your Mouth
The Bible says that life and death are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). In other words, you will have whatever you say....
How Church Leaders Can Mobilize Their Churches for Community Ministry
It’s exciting to see many churches embracing community and missional ministry more than ever. When I grew up, I can’t remember being challenged to...
