Church Life Archives - Page 27 of 112

Build bold missionary strategy with a different view

March 7, 2025

Building a bold missional strategy begins by seeing your associational context as an unentered missions field with unreached people groups.

Being ‘No. 2’: Executive pastors gather for ministry essentials training

March 6, 2025

“In essence, the executive pastor works alongside the senior pastor to free him of many of the daily tasks and decisions so he is free to pray, study, preach and lead.”

AI ‘here to stay’: When faith meets technology

March 6, 2025

While many people today are hesitant to explore AI, its adoption has skyrocketed. According to Pew Research, TechCrunch and firms like Gartner, IDC and Statista, the statistics are startling.

Study: Is Lent off the radar of most Americans?

March 5, 2025

Beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending during Holy Week, Lent serves as a time of preparation for the Easter celebration in many Christian traditions. The practice often involves the spiritual discipline of fasting.

Lay leaders and the key to ‘discerning next’

March 2, 2025

“Associational mission strategists tend to come from pastorates or from church or denominational staff. Thus, they may believe the key to deep, meaningful fellowship is people like them. It is not,” writes George Bullard.

First person: 10 reasons you should not do ministry alone

February 28, 2025

Chuck Lawless shares why having someone with you whenever you’re doing ministry matters.

Five things pastors and evangelists should stop doing

February 23, 2025

“I love pastors and evangelists, but sometimes someone needs to say, ‘That’s enough.'” says Christian media expert Phil Cooke.

SBCAL strives to help association leaders be effective, successful

February 17, 2025

SBCAL was started in 1960 as a way to train directors of missions and to provide networking opportunities for leaders of associations. Today, there are 780 members of SBCAL.