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...
Four Reasons Why Your Church Needs Interns
Sometimes, some of the most important parts of a machine are some of the smallest. Propellers on a boat, the gas pedal in a...
5 Ways to Build the Size and Strength of Your Volunteer Teams
Are your volunteer teams healthy and thriving?Do you have enough volunteers to adequately lead your ministries?What is your greatest pressure or challenge when it...
Hospitality Can Change Your Church
Written by: Jen Oshman
Jen Oshman has been a missionary and pastor’s wife for over two decades on three continents. She’s also a writer, speaker, and...
Teams That Break Through Walls and Barriers
If progress is to be made in new territory, every leader needs a wall to come down.
On any given week, you may face anything...
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...
There Is Hope: Five Principles for Replacing Those Who Leave the Church
In my article last week, I shared our research on how many attendees a typical church has to replace every year. The sobering number...
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...
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...