Churches Are Getting Less of Total Charitable Giving—here’s Why (and What You Can Do...
For decades, the church has lost ground with overall charitable giving.
Charitable giving is up—a near record of $485 billion in 2021, despite surging inflation.Giving to...
5 Steps to Building a Winning Culture
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” - Peter Drucker.
This well-known and powerful quote demonstrates how the best strategy goes awry without a healthy team. To...
5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them
Help for Frustrated Pastors
Has your dream of making a difference for God brought more frustration than happiness? Are you suffering from pastoral burnout or...
Joining God In the Impossible, Part 1 by Eric Smith
We know with God all things are possible, right? God can do anything with anybody as long as they’re available.
I don’t consider myself a...
My Greatest Surprise About Churches Seeking Consultations
I’ve done church consulting for decades now. Over the years, I’ve worked with churches of various sizes, multiple denominations, differing polities, and diverse locations....
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...
Strip-club Ministry: My Daughter’s Story
This is my married daughter’s story about her ministry to women involved in strip clubs. She and her husband recently moved to California, yet...
Recruiting Church Planters
Written by: Pete Rennie
Pete Rennie is the pastor of Living Hope Church in Inverness, Scotland, and is the lead for Acts 29 in Scotland. He is...
13 Signs Your Church Is Dying
How do you know if your church is dying?
It’s a question that all leaders should ask – even leaders of growing churches.
As with almost...
10 Things Healthy Churches Do Well
Write a book on “Why I’m Finished With the Church Forever” and you will make money. Many of us who love the church and have devoted...
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Course Corrections to Church Growth – by Jason Swann
We took over a 36-year-old church rebounding from the moral failure of their Senior Pastor on the other side of COVID. We came in...
Ai and Church Answers: Full Disclosure
Note: This article is original. None of it is AI-generated. (You will understand why I led with this disclaimer later in the article.)
Adding to...
4 Things to Consider When Using Ai for Business
Artificial Intelligence is all the rage right now. It feels like everybody is using it. That’s because many people are utilizing the new tool of the...
