5 communication tips to help churches connect with preteens
February 19, 2024
It’s sobering. The Barna Group reported that our 8- to 12-year-olds are “on track to abandon Biblical Christianity in record numbers.”
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How to avoid 5 payroll headaches for your church
February 17, 2024
I’ve seen firsthand the unique complications that payroll can cause for churches. Here are a few best practices that can save your church major headaches …
10 reasons pastors should be involved in student ministries
February 17, 2024
As a pastor, I would want to be particularly involved in the children’s and student ministries. Here’s why …
Where do you start when hiring church communicators?
February 16, 2024
While missions, outreach, education and other ministries are important, churches have discovered they would have been in serious trouble during the COVID-19 lockdown without a communications or media team.
Study: Christians reading Bible regularly, but struggle to invest in discipleship activities
February 14, 2024
Barna Group reported 58% of Christians spend uninterrupted time with God and that 57 percent find time to regularly read their Bibles. But, when it comes to discipleship activities, 39 percent of Christians are not involved …
‘No reason to move’: Pastor reflects on 6 decades at same church
February 14, 2024
In many parts of Illinois, there are pastors who have stayed in their churches for 15, maybe 20 years. And some longer than that, like maybe 25. But few have stayed 60 years.
ChatGPT and sermons: How should pastors engage AI?
February 11, 2024
How should preachers, teachers and students of God’s Word engage AI? Here are a few possibilities …
Exit interview: 10 questions to ask when a church member leaves
February 10, 2024
Here are some of the questions to ask in an exit interview. What questions would you add?
Preteens ‘on track to abandon biblical Christianity in record numbers,’ study shows
February 8, 2024
What’s tragic, according to Barna, is that these findings among preteens track with the attitudes of those who influence them — parents and children’s ministry leaders. How can the Church respond?
Missional mindset transforms life for Ohio church
February 7, 2024
Steve Looker and The Refuge Church are on a mission to reach 55,000 souls in Zanesville, a community in the Appalachian region of eastern Ohio.
But the story of the two-and-a-half year old “replant” began seven years ago …
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